Serbia, Kingdom. A Miniature Order of St Sava, in Gold, Austrian Made, c. 1890 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Type I (Spomenica na srpsko-turske

Type I (Spomenica na srpsko-turske ratove 1876-1878)

Behind one of the windows the locket is stamped “S&BL CO” with a star within an ovular field

No further information about Betzinger is known

21 mm (w) x 60

with examples of originating from Imperial Germany

Serbia, Kingdom. A Miniature Order of St Sava, in Gold, Austrian Made, c. 1890 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Type I (Spomenica na srpsko-turske(Orden Svetog Save). Instituted in 1883. Type I (1883 1903 Issue). In silver gilt, a Maltese cross in blue and white enamel, each of the arms finished with two ball finials, Serbian double eagles with shields in each quadrant, the obverse oval centerpiece bearing distinctive iconography of St. Sava, surrounded by inscription in blue enamel, reverse oval centerpiece bearing the Royal monogram of Milan I within a blue enameled outer circlet decorated