Italy, Grand Duchy Of Tuscany. An Order Of Saint Stephen, Embroidered Star, C.1830 Archive (Ordres des Palmes Academiques)

(Ordres des Palmes Academiques)

An extremely well-preserved SS officer’s sleeve eagle

Footnote: Henry Marshall was born in 1881 in Hertfordshire County

with a central white enameled medallion inscribed “FJ” in gold

all are extremely fine

Italy, Grand Duchy Of Tuscany. An Order Of Saint Stephen, Embroidered Star, C.1830 Archive (Ordres des Palmes Academiques)(Sacro Militare Ordine di Santo Stefano Papa e Martire). Instituted 1561. An early and embroidered Maltese Cross with red cloth arms and bullion wire border, the center features 8 smooth sequins and thin bullion coils, the reverse is reinforced with a paper backing, measures 63. 40mm (w) x 62. 05mm (h), weighs 1. 6 grams, areas of fraying at each arm tip, one smooth missing from the center, cracks and staining to reverse backing, however, a rare