Austria-Hungary CROSSES from AUSTRIA

[Benas]

My last purchase - two Austrian crosses.

Please help to identify these crosses (name, year of issue, how many people awarded, market price...)

Thanks for any info.

[Benas]

... and back side.

[Kev in Deva]

I am not sure if these are military items as such, they have the look of modern Military Veterans Association

awards for service to, or in, the Association, depending on what exactly they were awarded for the value could be the intial cost price to fabricate them + or - 40 Euros

Kevin in Deva

[Benas]

Hi Kevin,

thanks for your opinion. You are Austrian medals expert.

Perhaps you know any catalogue for Austrian orders, medals, badges??

[Kev in Deva]

Hallo Benas,

Thanks for the praise, but, there are others on the Forum more knowledgeable than me I am sure

Most of what I know I picked up from looking online, even from "collecting" pictures from ebay auctions to use as a simple reference file, I know some people frown upon that, but, in the absence of any good books at reasonable prices then knowledge has to be gleaned from all sources.

I will see if I can get any info on reference books connected with Austrian Orders, I feel some of our German or Austrian members would be more up to speed with whats out there.

Kevin in Deva.

[Guest Rick Research]

That WILD yellow and blue one on the left (it looks like something from 1920s warlord China! ) has the shield of the Land Nieder?sterreivh, while the black one on the right has the shield of Land Steiermark.

[Christian Zulus]

I am not sure if these are military items as such, they have the look of modern Military Veterans Association

awards for service to, or in, the Association, depending on what exactly they were awarded for the value could be the intial cost price to fabricate them + or - 40 Euros

Dear Benas,

dear Kevin,

Kevin, you are partly right: These items are decorations of the "?sterreichischer Kameradschaftsbund" http://www.okb.at/ , section Styria, and of the "Landesfeuerwehrverband Nieder?sterreich" http://www.noelfv.at/ .

The left one - "Chinese-Style" - is a "Verdienstzeichen 3. Klasse" from the Landesfeuerwehrverband Nieder?sterreich(Firefighterunion of Lower Austria): http://www.hdrauch.com/PDF2/RaOrd-001-Oest...h-2Republik.pdf

The right one is a "Verdienstkreuz in Gold" from the ?KB-Landesverband Steiermark (Austrian Military Veterans Association, section Styria): http://www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/be...0109999/254643/

Both are very nice, but rather common decorations in Austria.

I would estimate a market price - each of them - of about EUR 30,-.

Best regards

Christian

Edited July 4, 2007 by Christian Zulus

[Benas]

Christian, thank you for very comprehensive explanation.

[monfort1]

Hi Christian

Thank you for the explanation !