An Austrian Carinthian General Cross For Bravery; 2Nd Class 1918-1919 Auction A Soviet Hero of Socialist

A Soviet Hero of Socialist Labour

top quality example

His next assignment was with the Luftwaffe Bau Battalion 7/VIII/XI

this time to Captain

Knights Cross - in silver gilt and enamels

An Austrian Carinthian General Cross For Bravery; 2Nd Class 1918-1919 Auction A Soviet Hero of SocialistSilvered war materials, 32. 7 mm, replacement ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on November 4, 1919 by the Krntner Freiheitskmpf (Carinthian Freedom Fighters), a paramilitary organization set up by former soldiers in the chaos following the end of the First World War, to maintain order and in particular, to resist the incursion into southern Carinthia of Yugoslav forces seeking its annexation. In the event, the situation was