Serbia, Kingdom.An Order of the Cross of Takovo, III Class Commander, c.1900

(Orden Takovskog Krsta). Instituted in 1865. Multi-piece construction, in silver gilt with red, white, blue and green enamels, cypher of Mihailo Obrenović III on the obverse, measuring 42.3 mm (w) x 73.2 mm (h) inclusive of its crown and laterally-pierced ball suspension, scattered chipping evident in the blue enamels on the obverse centrepiece ring, on its original full-length neck ribbon, very fine.

Footnote: The Order of the Cross of Takovo was instituted in the Principality of Serbia in 1865 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, which had started in Takovo, Serbia. The decree that established the Cross and Silver Medal was signed on May 22, 1865 by Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia. The Order was suppressed in 1903.