Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of St. John, Type II, Knight of Honour Cross c. 1917 GTRexclude 45 mm (h) x 34

45 mm (h) x 34 mm (w)

Ciano’s death was ordered by Mussolini

Some pitting and running marks are evident to the blade

manufacturer's insignia

published by Southam Press Limited of Toronto and Montreal in 1920-1921

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of St. John, Type II, Knight of Honour Cross c. 1917 GTRexclude 45 mm (h) x 34(Ritterorden St. Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem Kreuz der Ehrenritter). Instituted 15 October 1852 by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1852 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by blackened Prussian imperial eagles executed in exceptional detail, the twelve oclock arm topped by a pebbled fan suspension perforated with an eyelet, the latter