Serbia, Kingdom. An Order Of The Star Of Karageorge, V Class Knight, By A Rare Maker, M. Delande Of Paris, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity by Austrian maker G

by Austrian maker G

marked with a manufacture date of “43” circumscribed by an illegible maker’s mark

aiding the effort in Minsk and Smolensk

He served as a Private (3605119) with the 9th Battalion

obverse illustrating a standing modern Italian soldier

Serbia, Kingdom. An Order Of The Star Of Karageorge, V Class Knight, By A Rare Maker, M. Delande Of Paris, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity by Austrian maker G(Orden Karaoreve zvezde). Instituted in 1904. In silver gilt with red, white, blue and green enamels, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by M. Delande of Paris, circa 1916, measuring 40. 3 mm (w) x 62. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its crown and laterally pierced ball suspension, crazing and chipping evident in the blue enamels on the centrepiece ring on the reverse, scattered spotting on the white enamelled arms, original peacetime triangular