Monaco, Principality. An Order Of Charles, I Class Grand Cross, c.1865 Republic of suspended from a traditional horizontal

suspended from a traditional horizontal hanger

worn on ribbon with THE NILE 1884-85 clasp

constructed of a brown leather shaft capped with a toned brass tip fixture

Officialy numbered "22" at the catch

attached to a ribbon bar

Monaco, Principality. An Order Of Charles, I Class Grand Cross, c.1865 Republic of suspended from a traditional horizontal(Ordre de Saint Charles). Instituted 1858. Of fine French manufacture with highly convex individual rays and deeply hand etched facets in the 19th century French style, a eight pointed silver star with a silver and enamel Maltese Cross overlay with red and white enamels as well as a green enameled laurel wreath, affixed by four rivets, centre presenting silver royal cypher of Charles III, white enamel boarded with "PRINCEPS ET PATRIA" surround,