Neck Badge, 82x5 mm., gilt Silver, the obverse as an eight-pointed, white enameled star flanked by thin, short beams and around, a green enameled laurel wreath, gilt centre medallion with the bust of St. Thomas Aquinas and the inscription around “DIVUS THOMAS AQUINUS REGIAE NEAPOLITANAE STUDIORUM UNIVERSITATIS PROFESSOR ET PATRONUS”, upper, large Royal crown with round, link ring and thin, vertical ribbon ring, the reverse with centre medallion bearing the inscription “FERDINANDVS II P.F.A. BONARUM ARTIUM STATOR 1850”, with original ribbon of the type used to indicate the title of Honourary Professor, a title rarely granted to prominent, foreign personalities in the fields of Science, Letters and Arts. A beautiful, extremely rare Academic badge, excellent condition and with fine, attractive patina. I RR