Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Saint John In Gold And Quartz, C.1800 GTRexclude Pope Innocent VIII suppressed the

Pope Innocent VIII suppressed the Order and commanded it be merged with the Order of St

engraver marked "A

with all of the silvering intact on the reverse

including a MILITAER-VEREIN ARNSDORF

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of Saint John In Gold And Quartz, C.1800 GTRexclude Pope Innocent VIII suppressed theOf high quality manufacture, an extremely rare Renaissance styled Order of St. John, consisting of a clear polished central genuine Quartz with multiple fine facets, contained within a frame of 18kt Gold shaping a sun with alternated enameled white and red rays, the obverse presenting a hand made image of St. John in multi colored enamel, with reverse framed by a fine enameled white Maltese Cross, measuring 59. 09 mm (w) x 70. 62 mm (h inclusive the