International. A Military And Hospitaller Order Of Saint Lazarus Of Jerusalem, Officer, C.1965 Archive 56 pages plus cover)

56 pages plus cover)

Gregory the Great is Pro Deo et Principe ("For God and Ruler")

(engraved: SERGT

otherwise enamels exhibit only minor contact

two vertical pins on reverse

International. A Military And Hospitaller Order Of Saint Lazarus Of Jerusalem, Officer, C.1965 Archive 56 pages plus cover)In bronze gilt with green and white enamels, measuring 40 mm (w) x 44. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, intact enamels, large rosette on its original ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem was a Catholic military order founded by crusaders around 1119 at a leper hospital in Jerusalem, Kingdom of Jerusalem, whose care became its original purpose, named after patron saint Lazarus.