Serbia, Kingdom. An Order Of Takovo, I Class Breast Star, C.1900 Auction Archive Protruding from the second button

Protruding from the second button hole from the top is the silhouette of the ribbon of the Iron Cross 2nd Class

this award is rarely encountered

the twelve o’clock arm with an integral loop and suspension ring connecting to a period original neck ribbon with a metal clasp

lined with rayon

Serbia, Kingdom. An Order Of Takovo, I Class Breast Star, C.1900 Auction Archive Protruding from the second button( ). Instituted on 22 May 1865 by Prince Michael III Obrenovich. Type IV, Model I, Civil Division. (Issued 1878 1903). A breast star consists of an eight point silver star with faceted rays, the obverse medallion features a silver gilt, white enamelled Maltese Cross tipped with golden ball finials, between the arms is a silver gilded Cross of St. Andrew, with a red enamelled central medallion with the golden crowned cipher of Prince Milan IV,