 Within two days his forces took Lovćen and three days after that the Montenegrin capital, Cetinje, was also under their control.For the success of this operation, Sarkotić was awarded the Order of Leopold First Class with War Decoration and Swords and the Bronze Military Merit Medal with Swords.He was also made a Hungarian baron, accepting the style of "von Lovćen", and was afterwards officially styled "Stefan Baron Sarkotić von Lovćen" at the Austrian court.