Italy, Grand Duchy Of Tuscany. A Rare Order Of Saint Stephen, Knight Set, C.1800 certificate_of_authenticity measuring 93 mm x 69

measuring 93 mm x 69 mm

Completing the exterior features are two central pebbled buttons

Seven-Ribbon Two-Level Ribbon Bar (level one: Most Honourable Order of the Bath

The handle grip is composed of a single piece of lacquered black wood which is carved into a curvature for a comfortable grip

measuring 86 mm (w) x 282 mm (h)

Italy, Grand Duchy Of Tuscany. A Rare Order Of Saint Stephen, Knight Set, C.1800 certificate_of_authenticity measuring 93 mm x 69(Sacro Militare Ordine di Santo Stefano Papa e Martire). Instituted 1561. An exceptionally rare and early Knight set, comprising a bronze gilt Maltese cross with smooth red stones in each arm with in delicately scalloped gilt borders, large smooth gilt lillies in each quadrant, a central glass stone presents facets on the obverse with a smooth reverse (the only differentiating feature of the obverse and reverse), an integral ring sits in the knee of