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San Marino, gilt silver military decoration, Order of San Marino (1859), Grand Cross rank. 4-1/2" long; 30.91 grams. Gilt-edged white enamel cross Moline, the arms with ball finials, towers between the arms, on jeweled swivel crown suspension (and a couple jump-rings), the face with a circular central medallion bearing the polychrome enamel half-length portrait of Saint Marinus in prayer facing left within a blue enamel ring inscribed in gilt letters SAN MARINO PROTETTORE (Saint Marinus protector); the reverse with a central circular white enamel medallion bearing the gilt-silver arms of San Marino in relief within a blue enamel ring inscribed MERITO MILITARE (military merit). A few minor cracks in the white enamel but otherwise in choice condition. The Order of San Marino was instituted on August 13, 1859 to be awarded for outstanding civil or military services to the Republic of San Marino and for notable achievements in the fields of arts, sciences and politics and for notable charitable works. ($1000-1500)