Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Maurice And St. Lazarus, III Class Commander, in Gold, c.1900 Newly Listed measuring 98 mm in diameter

measuring 98 mm in diameter

after the furor of the "Plucking" episode had died down

58mm (w) x 26

An Officer’s gold brocade dress belt with sword slings

Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Maurice And St. Lazarus, III Class Commander, in Gold, c.1900 Newly Listed measuring 98 mm in diameter(Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro). Instituted in 1572 by Pope Gregory XIII at the request of Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy. In 18K Gold, a white enamelled Shamrock cross, with green enamelled fans with ball finials in each quadrant representing a Maltese cross, surmounted by a large Gold crown and lightly beaded elongated suspension loop, measures 53. 8 mm (w) x 84. 1 mm (h), weighs 25. 7 grams, loss of three bulbs of the shamrock cross (two