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 Signs of surface rust on

Signs of surface rust on the exterior on top and throughout the underside

ROUGH / FEB

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

in addition to near-total loss of nickel plating to the hilt

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 Signs of surface rust on(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