Italy, Kingdom. An Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Commander in Gold consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac while the right side has

while the right side has a central interlocking tab illustrating the Hungarian Levente insignia on a field of vertical rules

Harthaus was serving in the 9th Company of the Artillery Regiment 146 (part of the 116th Panzer Division) at the time

above a date of “1812”

The couple settled in a large house

with minor material fatigue evident to high-contact points of the leather panel and small patches of mothing visible to the upper left of the felt liner

Italy, Kingdom. An Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Commander in Gold consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac while the right side has(Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro). Instituted in 1434. A Commander neck badge, consisting of 18K Gold, in the form of a white enamelled shamrock cross with the green rays of a Maltese cross in each quadrant, the reverse mirrors the obverse, surmounted by a large hollow Gold crown, worn on a full length original green neck ribbon, measures 54 mm (w) x 88 mm (h), weighs 31. 45 grams (including ribbon), enamel cracks and discolouration on white