Austria, Empire. A Carinthia Bravery Cross, 2Nd Class, C.1919 GTRexclude with backing plate and fastening

with backing plate and fastening screw on reverse

one of the most colourful fighter’s aces of the last War Distinguished Flying Cross

inside of the crown is padded and covered in maroon felt

previously trimmed along the top and right edges in order to fit a frame

that he was ordered invalided to Canada

Austria, Empire. A Carinthia Bravery Cross, 2Nd Class, C.1919 GTRexclude with backing plate and fasteningIn war materials, 33. 5 mm, very light contact, near 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. The situation was stabilized and