Italy, Kingdom Of Two Sicilies. A Royal Order Of Francis I, Commander Breast Star, c.1870, by Kretly Hold 3 mm in depth x

3 mm in depth x 104 mm in height

when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private with the 109th Infantry Battalion

82 mm (w) x 56

the dirk measuring 183 mm in length

the latter retaining an original brown leather strap bearing hand-etched unit dedications

Italy, Kingdom Of Two Sicilies. A Royal Order Of Francis I, Commander Breast Star, c.1870, by Kretly Hold 3 mm in depth x(Reale Ordine di Francesco I). Instituted on September 28, 1829 by Francis I. A near mint Commander Breast Star, in silver, a large Maltese cross with faceted arms and large ball finials, a Fleur de Lis in thin gold applique on the silver, the obverse medallion in Gold features a crowned F. I. cypher, surrounded by a green enamelled wreath, and blue enamelled ring inscribed DE REGE OPTIME MERITO, the reverse presents a single vertical pin flanked by