Italy, Kingdom Of Two Sicilies. A Royal Order Of Francis I, I Class Knight’s Cross, C.1955 GTRexclude Alberta and British Columbia

Alberta and British Columbia

one side with a white embroidered insignia on black cotton

overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle executed in dark grey machine embroidery

measuring 82 mm (w) x 105 mm (h)

96 mm (w) x 37

Italy, Kingdom Of Two Sicilies. A Royal Order Of Francis I, I Class Knight’s Cross, C.1955 GTRexclude Alberta and British Columbia(Reale Ordine di Francesco I). Instituted by Francis I on September 28, 1829. In silver gilt, a white enamelled Maltese cross with Fleur de lis in each quadrant, the obverse medallion presents the crowned monogram F. I, surrounded by a green enamel wreath and encircled in a blue ring inscribed DE REGE OPTIME MERITO (The King Deserves the Best), the reverse medallion presents the inscription FRANCISCVS I INSTITVIT MDCCCXXIX, surrounded by a green and