Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Grand Officer With Case, C.1960 Auction and those with meritorious services

and those with meritorious services to the Soviet state and society

After the conclusion of the Spanish Civil War

Accompanied by its Ribbon Bar (gilt metal with red

eventually to be absorbed into the 3rd Battalion Canadian Machine Gun Corps by early 1918 and continued to see service in France until the end of the war

it is a prime example of quality German craftsmanship that remains in overall very fine condition

Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Grand Officer With Case, C.1960 Auction and those with meritorious services(Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana). Instituted March 3, 1951. Type I. 1951 2001 issue. Likely Cravanzola manufacture, a set of the Grand Officer consisting of a ball tipped enameled white four armed cross in silver gilt, featuring detailed silver gilt Italian eagles in each quadrant, the centre exhibiting a superposed five pointed star in gilt, suspending by a partially enameled large Mural Crown also in silver gilt, presenting double sided