A rare Blue Division Officer’s belt buckle
slightly loose core with attractive patina from age
Most popular with his brother officers in the British Service
the reverse plain with a vertical pinback and functional hinge/catch assembly
Mount Royal Rifles on November 5
Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, Officer in Gold, by Cravanzola Province of China A rare Blue Division Officer’s(Ordine della Corona dItalia). Instituted February 20th, 1868. Constructed of 18kt Gold, consisting of a white enamelled hollow construction Gold cross with Gold knots in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a blue enamelled centerpiece bearing a royal crown constructed of white, green, and red enamels, surrounded by a Gold ring, the reverse features a Gold central medallion bearing a black enamelled eagle with a red and white