Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Maurice And St. Lazarus In Gold, I Class Commander, C.1910 Hold aboard the HMT Oriana from

aboard the HMT Oriana from Alexandria

Artificer or Ordnance Technician (yellow embroidered insignia on light green wool

engraver marked "PONSCARME" on the obverse and reverse

With award documents

one an early aluminum example

Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Maurice And St. Lazarus In Gold, I Class Commander, C.1910 Hold aboard the HMT Oriana fromIn gold with red, green and white enamels, weighing 21 grams, measuring 51. 5 mm (w) x 83. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, on a full length neck ribbon, chipping and crazing evident in the centre of the white enamelled cross on both sides, the green enamels intact, 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