Italy, Kingdom. An Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Grand Officer Set in Gold Auction measuring 67 mm in diameter

measuring 67 mm in diameter

each constructed of golden-yellow wool

and unashamedly celebrates the military virtues of physical fitness and preparedness for war

including a Memorial Cross for 1813/1815

Italy, Kingdom. An Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Grand Officer Set in Gold Auction measuring 67 mm in diameter(Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro). Instituted in 1434. A Grand Officers Set, consisting of an 18 kt Gold neck badge, a white enamelled shamrock cross with the arms of a green rays of a Maltese cross in each quadrant, the reverse mirrors the obverse, surmounted by a large hollow Gold crown, worn on a full length original green neck ribbon, measures 54. 5 mm (w) x 86. 5 mm (h), weighs 24. 24 grams, the cross atop the crown and the suspension loop is