vgAE 74,5x39,1 mm.; Enameled; with original ribbon pins, miniature, and rosette; in original case; The original Order was created in the Austrian province of Carinthia in 1273 and seems to have been ‘revived’ in the 1950s. The current status, purpose and composition of the Order are not known and it appears to have become dormant. In Carinthia, as in many other parts of Eastern Europe, traditionally it is upon St George’s Day that winter ends and the earth is reborn, accompanied by many rites and festivities. The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire (Reichskrone) is now in the Treasury at the Hofburg, Vienna in the care of the Kunsthistorisches Museum and was made in Germany some time during the second half of the 10th Century. The Order was established by Emperor designate Rudolph I of Habsburg (1273-1291) in 1273 to continue the Order of Saint George of Austria. It was re-established on Christmas night in Rome in the year 1468 by Emperor Frederick III (1452-1493) as lay and religious, military and civil Dynastic Order. The Order was approved on 1st January 1469 by Paul II (1464-1471) and again in 1472 by Sixtus IV (1471-1484). It was amplified by Emperor Maximilian I (1493-1519) and approved Alexander VI (1492-1503) in 1493 together with the Confraternity of St. George in Carinthia, to which he asked to be admitted as a member together with the Sacred College.; Condition-I
