Lazar Mamula

[3] Lazar Mamula was a Serb from Gorski Kotar, Croatia, born in 1795 in Gomirje, at the time of the Habsburg monarchy.

Under the command of Lieutenant Marshal Franz Dahlen von Orlaburg, he distinguished himself in the battles during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and 1849.

Because of these merits, the Austrian emperor awarded him the Knights Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa and the title of baron.

Russian Tsar Nicholas I decorated Lazar with the Order of St. Anna II class.

In 1858, Baron Mamula founded the Dalmatian Invalids Foundation with an initial capital of 20,000 florins.