Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, Grand Officer’s Star, by S. Johnson, in Gold Auction vertical pinback with a barrel

vertical pinback with a barrel hinge and a round wire loop

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Pinned onto the centre of the cap band is an aluminum combined wreath and cockade

The 1889-1890 academic year witnessed the foundation of the Department of Physics and Mathematics

including a silver pin

Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, Grand Officer’s Star, by S. Johnson, in Gold Auction vertical pinback with a barrel(Ordine della Corona d'Italia). Instituted February 20, 1868 by Emmanuel II. A lovely Grand Officers Breast Star, in silver, featuring eight faceted arms with large ball finials, the central medallion in Gold presenting the white enamel cross with Savoy knots in the quadrants, the lombardy crown on a blue enamelled field encircled by a Gold ring, the reverse of the star presenting a vertical pin assembly, reverse cartouche of S. JOHNSON MILANO ROMA,