Serbia: Honorary badge of the Princess Zorka of Montenegro Society
of Serb Women.
Maker marked by Huguenin Freres in La Lockle, Switzerland.
Princess Ljubica of Montenegro, later Princess Zorka Karageorgevic
of Serbia (23 Dec. 1864 – 16 Mar. 1890) was the eldest child of King
Nicholas I and Queen Milena of Montenegro, and the wife of Prince
Peter Karageorgevic, who would become King of Serbia in 1903,
13 years after her death.
The "Princess Zorka Society of Serb Women" had been founded right
after the end of WW1. The Society was focused on providing relief to
the Wounded and Victims of the War as well as on supporting the
effort of rebuilding the country, on promoting the national unity, the
rights of women and the equality of men and women in private and
public law.
Gilt and enameled badge with a full color portrait of Princess Zorka,
circumscribed in Cyrillic "DRUSTVO - KNEGINJA ZORKA" (Society
of Princess Zorka). With the Royal Crown of the Kingdom and the
Double Headed Eagle and the Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes (1918-1929).
An amazing and extremely scrce badge.
FULL SIZE
post WW1 1914 -1918 - 1929
Item 100% original
Condition as on the photo
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