Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, Knight in Gold, c.1900 Newly Listed on green-gray wool backing

on green-gray wool backing

very rare and extremely fine

circumscribed by Russian imperial eagles

The card shows the photo of an Imperial Russian soldier

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Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, Knight in Gold, c.1900 Newly Listed on green-gray wool backing(Ordine della Corona dItalia). Instituted February 20th, 1868. (c. 1900 issue). Constructed of 18kt Gold, with blue, green, red, and white enamels, suspended from a fixed loop and swivel ring suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a white enamelled hollow construction Gold cross with Gold knots in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a blue enamelled centerpiece bearing a royal crown constructed of white,