Italy, Republic. A Rare Order Of The Merit Of The Italian Republic, Collar, C.1970 Auction damage to the spine

damage to the spine

winning the Iron Cross 2nd Class for his actions during the Battle of Gravelotte and the Iron Cross 1st Class for the Battle of Bapaume

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wear evident on the black paper backer exposing the underlying structure of the badge

the twelve o’clock arm stamped with a silver content number of “800”

Italy, Republic. A Rare Order Of The Merit Of The Italian Republic, Collar, C.1970 Auction damage to the spineType I (1951 2001). In silver gilt, a lovely collar comprising of 20 links, alternating between links featuring two hollow horizontal bars with a central five point star (each link measures 31. 25mm (w) x 24. 2mm (h)), connected to a floral quatrefoil (each link measuring 26. 3mm (w) x 25. 9mm (h)) by four small rings on the outer edge and three rings on the inner edge, all links are plain on the reverse, the central link features an RI with