Grand Officer's Set. Neck Badge, 85x52 mm., gilt Silver, white enameled cross with pomed endings, flanked by towers with chiseled and engraved details; white enameled centre medallion, with image of the saint in the finest enamel miniature, blue enameled outer circlet, bearing the inscription "San Marino Protettore", white enameled, reverse centre medallion with enameled coat of arms of the Republic, within blue enameled outer circlet bearing the inscription "Merito Militarae", large suspension crown and round ring, original ribbon. Breast Star, 90 mm., with beautifully chiseled and pierced silver rays, white enameled cross in GOLD, similar to the badge, but flanked by green enameled oak and laurel branches, blue enameled centre medallion bearing the golden inscription "Relinquo Vos Liberos Ab Utroque Homine", within golden outer circlet with chiseled as faceted, golden beads, gilt, polished reverse, with vertical pin.
An early and very rare set awarded for military merit, dating to the 3rd quarter of the 19th Century, of the finest, manufacture, excellent condition. I R!