Order of the Red Eagle with Diamonds (and other awards) of Army Corps General Giuseppe Gerbaix de Sonnaz

Set was awarded in 1894.

Gold, rhinestone, enamel.
Size 87 mm.
Weight 64 g.
Engraved by maker "Jon.Wagner&Sohn - 2.11.92."

Silver, gold, rhinestones, enamel.
Size 95 mm.
Weight 101g.

 

Giuseppe Gerbaix de Sonnaz (Cuneo , September 30, 1828 - Rome, April 8, 1905 ) was an Italian general and politician. Born in Cuneo in 1828 Giuseppe De Sonnaz had begun to fight at the age of twenty in Mortara and in Novara as his father 's aide-de-camp. Then he fought in the Crimea then in the Marches and in the Umbria. Having risen to the rank of army corps commander he was elected as senator and dedicate himself to the patriotic education. The grandiose national pilgrimage to the Pantheon in 1903 was promoted, organized and led by him. He died on April 8, 1905 in Rome .​

 

Back in 1861 Giuseppe Gerbaix de Sonnaz was awarded with 1st Class Order of the Red Eagle.

Cross in gold and enamel.
Size 87.5 mm.
Weight 60 g.
Engraved "Den 18 Octbr. 1861".

Breast star in sliver, gilt, enamel.
Size 88 mm.
Weight 67 g.
Marked with maker's mark "S.F.S." for the court jewellers Friedeberg and Sons, Berlin.

 

His order of St. Alexander Nevsky https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...y-made-by-julius-keibel-ik.25741/#post-355864

 

Albert Order /Albrechts-Orden or Albrechtsorden/ Grand Cross in gold.

Cross in gold, enamel.
Width 53.5 mm, height 92mm.
Weight 35g.

Breast star in silver, gold, enamel.
Size 91 mm.
Weight 77 g.
Made by Moritz Elimeyer in Dresden.

The set is presented in leather case, with label of G. À. Scharffenberg, Dresden inside.