THE MILITARY ORDER OF SAVOY

Grand Cross Set. Sash Badge, 108×69 mm., gilt Bronze, as a white enameled pointed cross, flanked by green enameled laurel and oak branches resp.; red enameled obverse centre medallion with separately-made, crossed sabres sided by the letters « V » and « E » (for Victor Emanuel II King of Sardinia and of Italy) and, above « 1855 » (the year when the Order was reformed); reverse medallion with white enameled Savoy Cross on red background, within red enameled outer circlet with golden inscription « AL MERITO MILITARE »; large, hinged upper crown with round suspension ring and original, full length sash ribbon. Breast Star, 88 mm.,silvered with chiseled and pierced rays, the centre similar to the badge’s obverse enameled; the reverse, fitted with vertical, round pin. Rare set, in extremely fine condition! I R!