Italy, Kingdom. An Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Commander in Case Hold featuring men in Air Force

featuring men in Air Force or Navy uniforms

surmounted by a crown

Adolf Hitler had threatened to take the Sudetenland by force

the body of the eagle in white enamels

measuring 75 mm in diameter)

Italy, Kingdom. An Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Commander in Case Hold featuring men in Air Force(Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro). Instituted in 1434. A Commander neck badge, consisting of bronze gilt, in the form of a white enamelled shamrock cross with the green rays of a Maltese cross in each quadrant, the reverse mirrors the obverse, surmounted by a large hollow crown, worn on a full length green neck ribbon, measures 53. 85 mm (w) x 84. 8 mm (h), worn on original green neck ribbon with ties, enamel chips and cracks on white shamrock,