International. A Military And Hospitaller Order Of Saint Lazarus Of Jerusalem, Officer, C.1965 Archive This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 318 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

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Gregory the Great is Pro Deo et Principe ("For God and Ruler")

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International. A Military And Hospitaller Order Of Saint Lazarus Of Jerusalem, Officer, C.1965 Archive This particular buckle is illustratedIn bronze gilt with green and white enamels, measuring 40 mm (w) x 44. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, intact enamels, large rosette on its original ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem was a Catholic military order founded by crusaders around 1119 at a leper hospital in Jerusalem, Kingdom of Jerusalem, whose care became its original purpose, named after patron saint Lazarus.