Canada, Dominion. A Set of M1904 97th Algonquin Rifles Badges Newly Listed (Ordine coloniale della Stella d’Italia)

(Ordine coloniale della Stella d’Italia)

the center of the cross decorated with a cross

the face with a seven-pointed white enamel star centrally with green stippled enamel panels between the arms and bearing a circular central white enamel medallion inscribed in gilt Arabic letters ‘Abdul-Aziz al-Saud’ within a gold-edged green enamel ring

while the entire set measures 410 mm in length

7 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring)

Canada, Dominion. A Set of M1904 97th Algonquin Rifles Badges Newly Listed (Ordine coloniale della Stella d’Italia)1. Cap Badge in blackened bronze, reverse with dual lugs and marked J. R. Gaunt, Montreal, measuring 44. 3 mm (w) x 35 mm (w), 2. Matching sets of m1904 collar badges, blackened bronze, marked on reverse, 39. 1 mm (w) x 29. 2 mm (h); 3. 97th Algonquin Shoulder title, in blackened bronze, marked on reverse J. R. Gaunt & Sons BIRM, 24. 1 mm (h) x 51. 5 mm (w), near extremely fine as a lot and better examples of these early badges are likely not to be