Description
and grey eyes
edged with yellow piping (master technical artisan)
Issued 1892
both on a black cotton/wool blended backer
160 mm x 205 mm and 165 mm x 205 mm)
United Kingdom. A Lot of Order of St. Lazarus Awards Auction Archive and grey eyes(Atavis et armis). Instituted in 1119. Cross in green and white enamel, each of the arms finished with two ball finials, obverse centre shows Lazarus praying to Jesus, reverse shows haloed Virgin Mary, on original green ribbon, made by Toye Kenning and Spencer Ltd, mint condition. Footnote: The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem was a Catholic military order founded by Crusaders around 1119 at a leper hospital in Jerusalem.