San Marino, Republic. An Order Of San Marino, I Class Grand Cross, C.1935 Auction 7mm(height)

7mm(height)

1933 and issued at RCAF Station

C Coy was part of the 20th Halton Rifles who became the Lorne Rifles (Scottish) before they joined with The Peel and Dufferin Regiment to become The Lorne Scots in 1936

and there is some soiling evident to the sweatband

San Marino, Republic. An Order Of San Marino, I Class Grand Cross, C.1935 Auction 7mm(height)(Ordine Equestre Civile e Militaire di San Marino). Instituted in 1859. In bronze gilt with blue and white enamels, portrait of San Marino surrounded by the Italian inscription "SAN MARINO PROTETTORE" (San Marino Protector) on the obverse, San Marino coat of arms surrounded by the Italian inscription "MERITO CIVILE E MILITARE" (Civil and Military Merit) on the reverse, measuring 59. 5 mm (w) x 89 mm (h) inclusive of its crown and laterally pierced