1st Class Set of the 2nd Type. Sash badge, 73x50 mm, in Silver and enamels, obverse centre medallion with red enameled fields and applied gold crowned monogram, inscription (For the Independence of Montenegro) in gold, reverse centre medallion with the date of independence 1852-3 and around,the same motto of the obverse also applied in gold, suspension loop and crown in silver gilt, original sash ribbon. Breast Star, 85 mm, with chiselled and pierced silver rays, superimposed with the enameled centre, like the badge it's obverse, with gold details to the centre medallion; the reverse, with maker's escutcheon of Mayer's Sohne, Vienna, and vertical pin (this, struck with two AA marks for Vienna), An exceptional group of this order of the best Austrian quality, from the end of 19th Century, extremely fine condition. I R!