Both is stamped metal/brass
gothic script
There is a single row of two vertically-aligned horizontal loops on the left breast pocket for the placement of an award
He also wears an Iron Cross 1st Class
measuring approximately 6 x 7
Italy. Four Medals, Awards, And Decorations Auction Archive Both is stamped metal/brassMedal for the Liberation of Rome 1849 1870 (bronze, 32. 2 mm, original ribbon); two First War Merit Crosses (bronze, one with a slightly larger type than the other on the reverse, 37. 5 mm each, original ribbons); and Long Service Cross, Gold Grade for Twenty Five Years' Service (bronze gilt, 36 mm, original ribbon). Extremely fine. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders, Medals, and