Item #EU20567
Three-piece construction, insignia in bronze gilt with light green and white enamels, with ball finials on each of the star points, surmounted by a wreath in bronze gilt with dark green and white enamels, bearing a large "S" interlinked with backward and forward "L's", unmarked, measuring 40 mm (w) x 74 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath suspension, intact enamels, scattered gilt wear, original bow-tied ribbon with safety pin attachment, near extremely 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 Jerusalem, whose care became its original purpose, named after patron Saint Lazarus.