An Austrian Carinthian General Cross For Bravery; 2Nd Class 1918-1919 GTRexclude and to be Acting Captain

and to be Acting Captain

German Horse Breeding Association Badge - "Reichsverband für Zucht und Prüfung deutsche Warmbluts" (the official German horsebreeding association)

Solingen with the company's later designed stylized squirrel insignia and is engraved with the name "Hans Stephan" between the squirrel insignia and the blade release catch

late 1930's period manufacture

An Austrian Carinthian General Cross For Bravery; 2Nd Class 1918-1919 GTRexclude and to be Acting CaptainSilvered 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