2 mm x 36 mm)
marked "900" (silver) and number stamped "549" on the reverse
The jacket measures 460 mm across the shoulders x 740 mm in length
awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces
with the obverse depicting detailed engraved bust of Maximiliano I
Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Republic, Iii Class Commander Buy Now 2 mm x 36 mm)(Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana). Instituted in 1951. Fullsize: four piece construction, in silver gilt with red, white, green and black enamels, measuring 55. 5 mm (w) x 74. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, intact enamels, green oxidation evident on the reverse of the crown suspension, on its original full length neck ribbon; and Miniature: in silver gilt, measuring 17. 5 mm (w) x 28. 7 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension,