Italy, Kingdom. An Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Grand Officer Set in Gold Hold worn by SS-Sturmmann

worn by SS-Sturmmann

Aldinger was then redeployed to the 9th Company of the SS Mountain Artillery Regiment in the SS Mountain Division “Nord” on May 25

the obverse bearing raised and mirrored profiles of Empress Catherine II (“the Great”) and Tsar Alexander II

he continued to make his presence known in the army well into the Second World War

between February 2nd and the 9th

Italy, Kingdom. An Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Grand Officer Set in Gold Hold worn by SS-Sturmmann(Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro). Instituted in 1434. A Grand Officers Set, consisting of an 18 kt Gold neck badge, a white enamelled shamrock cross with the arms of a 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. 5 mm (w) x 86. 5 mm (h), weighs 24. 24 grams, the cross atop the crown and the suspension loop is