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Rh and one hundred and twenty pensions at 600 each. The reserve fund receives 20,000 lire.

The officers of the Order are remunerated by the Grand Master with either Commanderies or pensions.

The entrance fee is fixed at 1500 francs.

No alteration can be made in the administration of the estates of the Order in Sardinia.

ROYAL MILITARY ORDER OF SAVOY.

This Order was founded by King Victor Emanuel. The warrant is dated Genoa, 14th August, 1815, in which the Order is described as a purely military one, given as a reward for prudent valour upon the field of battle or elsewhere.

The King and his presumptive successor is chief, or Grand Master.

The decoration consists of a red enamelled cross of gold, or silver, resting upon a green enamelled garland, upon which is placed another white enamelled cross. The reverse is not enamelled, and shows the crowned initials of the King, ' V. E.' Above the cross is a crown, and the whole is worn by a blue ribbon. (Plate 77. Tab. II. No. 7).

The Order is divided into four classes.

The first class, that of the Grand Cross, wear the decoration across the right shoulder towards the left side by a broad ribbon about two inches and a half wide, and have a star on the left side of the breast. (Tab. II. No. 6).

Except on solemn occasions, the ribbon is worn under the coat.

If already a Knight of the Order of the Annunciation, the new star is fastened below that of the latter.

The second class, or the Commanders, wear the decoration