Italy, Two Sicilies. A Royal Military Order of St. George of the Reunion, Knight by Right, in Gold, c.1850 Hold machine embroidered on wool backing

machine embroidered on wool backing

(HJ Garnspule)

Footnote: This medal was widely awarded to civil and military officers for services to the crown and to enlisted men in the bronze class as a Long Service award

GERARD-HIRNE 1972"

the base bearing illegible maker marks

Italy, Two Sicilies. A Royal Military Order of St. George of the Reunion, Knight by Right, in Gold, c.1850 Hold machine embroidered on wool backing(Real Ordine Militare di San Giorgio della Riunione). Instituted January 1st, 1819. Constructed of 18kt Gold, consisting of a red enameled cross with a laurel and oak wreath as well as crossed swords in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse center medallion presents a figure in Gold spearing a dragon on horseback on a white enamel field, surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed Vinces in Hoc Signo, the reverse medallion presents