Italy, Kingdom. A Sovereign Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, I. Class Grand Officer Set, c. 1936 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and tied into a loose

and tied into a loose monkey knot

29th Battalion

before emigrating to the United States as a refugee owing to his wife’s Jewish heritage

green wool underside with strap

each with three oak leafs and two acorns

Italy, Kingdom. A Sovereign Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, I. Class Grand Officer Set, c. 1936 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and tied into a loose(Instituted September 16th, 1572). Sovereign Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, II. Class Grand Officer set consisting of: 1. A Breast Star. Consisting of a silver eight pointed star with multiple quillions per arm, the obverse with a Maltese Cross with dual ball finials superimposed on the award, with gilded fans between the arms of the cross, the cross itself is green and white enameled and bears a central gilded oval plaque bearing a rightward