Italy, Kingdom. A Military Order Of Savoy In Gold, Grand Cross Badge, C.1915 Auction 1918” (“IN COMMEMORATION OF THE

1918” (“IN COMMEMORATION OF THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY 20

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the obverse with a raised mobile swastika circumscribed by an inscription of “FÜR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ” (“FOR MERIT IN AIR PROTECTION”)

the other with an oval-faced prong

Greening evident on the Cap Badge

Italy, Kingdom. A Military Order Of Savoy In Gold, Grand Cross Badge, C.1915 Auction 1918” (“IN COMMEMORATION OF THE(Ordine militare di Savoia). Instituted 1815 by King Victor Emmanuel I. Italian Kingdom Period. Of high quality manufacture in Gold, featuring a white enameled Pison Cross, with detailed green and red enamel laurel and olive branches in each quadrant, obverse centre depicting a white enameled cross of Savoy, with inlaid Gold inscription AL MERITO MILITARE (To Military Merit) on a red enameled background, reverse featuring the restructure date of 1855