Austria, Imperial. A Karl Troop Cross, Private Purchase With Gold Laurels Newly Listed the interior is lined with

the interior is lined with a dark brown rayon liner

The first four cards are dated between November 1915 and February 1916

scattered paint wear on the vent frames

in silver gilt and fine blue

3 District Depot in Ottawa

Austria, Imperial. A Karl Troop Cross, Private Purchase With Gold Laurels Newly Listed the interior is lined with(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