Italy, Kingdom. An Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, c.1900 Archive individually or in groups

individually or in groups

For his war service

entitled "The History of the Order of the Bath and its insignia"

Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a hexagonal Police-green rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Ordnungspolizei insignia consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

50th Infantry Regiment

Italy, Kingdom. An Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, c.1900 Archive individually or in groups(Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro). Instituted in 1572 by Pope Gregory XIII at the request of Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy. In silver gilt, a white enamelled Shamrock cross with a green enamelled Maltese cross arm in each quadrant, surmounted by a crown, obverse mirrors the reverse, measures 39. 47 mm (w) x 60. 8 mm (h), weighs 13. 8 grams, worn on a replacement green ribbon, enamels intact, in extremely fine condition.