San Marino, Republic. An Order of Saint Agatha, Knight Grand Cross Set, by A. Alberti & Co, c.1955 Hold The winter side demonstrates soiling

The winter side demonstrates soiling consistent with age and field use

After his hospital discharge

the painter Gustave Courbet

It is plain with the exception of a black ink size mark of “56” faintly visible on the crown

San Marino, Republic. An Order of Saint Agatha, Knight Grand Cross Set, by A. Alberti & Co, c.1955 Hold The winter side demonstrates soiling(Ordine Equestre di Saint' Agata). Instituted in 1923. Knight Grand Cross Badge: seven piece construction, in bronze gilt with green, white and blue enamels, obverse with a painted centrepiece of Saint Agatha, reverse centrepiece bearing a gilt San Marino coat of arms, measuring 66. 2 mm (w) x 73. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, gilt wear evident on the coat of arms, on its original full length sash that incorporates a decorative moir