Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Maurice And St. Lazarus, III Class Commander, in Gold, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Hamilton with a strength of

Hamilton with a strength of 32 officers and 822 other ranks

the lid bearing a gilded and embossed German national eagle

a lightly worn example in near extremely fine condition

named to Arnold as a Sanitäts-Unteroffizier of the Staff of 1

August 1934

Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Maurice And St. Lazarus, III Class Commander, in Gold, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Hamilton with a strength of(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