Austria, Imperial. A Karl Troop Cross, Private Purchase With Gold Laurels Auction Archive measuring 30 mm (w) x

measuring 30 mm (w) x 28 mm (h)

/Flak Regiment 32 (mot)

Earthquake Medal 1988 (in silvered bronze

illustrating the company's centaur insignia

1870-1918 period

Austria, Imperial. A Karl Troop Cross, Private Purchase With Gold Laurels Auction Archive measuring 30 mm (w) x(Karl Truppenkreuz). Instituted on 13 December 1916. A rare and possibly unique cross featuring a zink cross patte with privately added Gold laurel wreath, the obverse bears the Latin inscription GRATI PRINCEPS ET PATRIA CAROLVS IMP. ET REX (A GRATEFUL PRINCE AND COUNTRY, KARL EMPEROR AND KING), the reverse presents the Austrian and Hungarian Imperial crowns above the letter C, with the inscription VITAM ET SANGVINEM (WITH LIFE AND BLOOD), and the