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International. A Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Breast Badge, c.

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International. A Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Breast Badge, c.

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International. A Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Breast Badge, c.

In bronze gilt with red and white enamels, measuring 45.4 mm (w) x 105.5 mm (h) inclusive of its gilt bow-tied ribbon with shield suspension, intact enamels, the shield sitting slightly loose versus the gilt bow-tied ribbon, on its original red bow-tied ribbon with pinback, extremely fine.

Footnote: The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (Latin: Supremus Ordo Militaris Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodius et Melitensis), also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) or the Order of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order traditionally of military, chivalrous and noble nature. It was founded as the Knights Hospitaller circa 1099 in Jerusalem, Kingdom of Jerusalem, by the Blessed Gerard, making it the world's oldest surviving chivalric order. Headquartered in Palazzo Malta in Rome, its mission is summed up in its motto: "Tuitio fidei et obsequium pauperum" (Defence of the (Catholic) faith and assistance to the poor). The order is led by an elected Prince and Grand Master.