Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Maurice And St. Lazarus In Gold, Miniature, C.1900 Archive gilded and bronzed

gilded and bronzed

marked "40" inside a wreath on the cover

74 mm (w) x 42

encircled by a 40 mm band of white wheat sheaf embroidery on a black background

Hawkins of 4th Bay

Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Maurice And St. Lazarus In Gold, Miniature, C.1900 Archive gilded and bronzedOf fine quality, likely German manufacture, in Gold with green and white enamels, weighing 1. 7 grams, measuring 17 mm (w) x 18. 8 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, with ring, chipping and loss evident in the white enamels on the arm at 12 o'clock on the reverse, very fine. Footnote: The Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus is a Roman Catholic dynastic order of knighthood bestowed by the House of Savoy, founded in 1572 by Emmanuel