Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Maurice And St. Lazarus, Officer’s Cross, C. 1870 Auction Archive (1876-1918 Issue)

(1876-1918 Issue)

through amalgamation approved by Pope Gregory XIII of the Order of Saint Maurice

previously the Order of the Knights of Our Lord Jesus Christ

the lid bearing a gilt inscription of “FLAK-KAMPF-ABZ

The blade is unmarked with the exception of a maker’s mark on the reverse ricasso of “FLLI

Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Maurice And St. Lazarus, Officer’s Cross, C. 1870 Auction Archive (1876-1918 Issue)(Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro). Instituted in 1434. A Gold cross presenting a white enamelled shamrock cross with a re enamelled green Maltese cross in each quadrant with very small ball finials, reverse mirrors the obverse, suspended from a bronze gilt crown, measures 38. 3mm (w) x 59. 3mm (h inclusive of cross adorned integral ball), weighs 13. 2 grams (including ribbon), worn on a green ribbon with two buttons attached at the top of the