International. A Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, Officer, c.1965

Item #W5464

$61

In bronze gilt with green and white enamels, measuring 40 mm (w) x 44.5 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension, intact enamels, large rosette on its original ribbon, 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.