Italy, Grand Duchy Of Tuscany. A Rare Order Of Saint Stephen, Knight Set, C.1800 Auction became very grave

became very grave

The reverse bears a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker’s code of “M7/13” for Artur Schüttelhöfer

Nickel-silver fixtures are secured to both the tip and throat

A DRK (German Red Cross/Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) membership badge

Italy, Grand Duchy Of Tuscany. A Rare Order Of Saint Stephen, Knight Set, C.1800 Auction became very grave(Sacro Militare Ordine di Santo Stefano Papa e Martire). Instituted 1561. An exceptionally rare and early Knight set, comprising a bronze gilt Maltese cross with smooth red stones in each arm with in delicately scalloped gilt borders, large smooth gilt lillies in each quadrant, a central glass stone presents facets on the obverse with a smooth reverse (the only differentiating feature of the obverse and reverse), an integral ring sits in the knee of