Italy. A Military And Hospitaller Order Of Saint Lazarus Of Jerusalem, Dame's Breast Badge GTRexclude Ellington Field

Ellington Field

38 mm (w) x 10

when the 5th Battalion was on loan to the 3rd Brigade as a reserve unit

very fine and very scarce

Italy. A Military And Hospitaller Order Of Saint Lazarus Of Jerusalem, Dame's Breast Badge GTRexclude Ellington FieldIn silver gilt with green and white enamels, measuring 28. 8 mm (w) x 43. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, chipping in the green enamels along with frame wear evident on the left side of the reverse centrepiece, on its original bow tied ribbon with pinback, better than very 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