Cross for Loyalty

The Cross for Loyalty, a medal Miloš Obrenović had commissioned on the occasion of St. Andrew's Assembly held in Belgrade in the period from December 11, 1858 to January 31, 1859. It is considered one of the rarest Serbian medals. The cross is made of gold in a Viennese jewellery workshop, as evidenced by the AA stamps. The dimensions of the cross are 45 x 55 mm and the weight is 13.50 g. The cross bears the text M. O. I / SV. ANDR. SKUPŠTINA / 1858 on one side, and ZA / PRIVRŽENOSTЬ / X on the other. This first gold medal of the renewed Serbia was awarded to clergymen, Assembly participants in Kragujevac during the People’s Assembly held on Nativity from September 10 to 24, 1859.