International Order of St. Georg of Carinthia 1950 -th

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. Condition I.