Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Grand Cross Badge in Frame Auction Archive in case of issue (case

in case of issue (case good very fine)

a leopard's head (made in London) and date marked with an "R" inside a shield (1892) on the reverse

and include the loss of much of the wool along the forehead liner with patches elsewhere to the flaps

linguistics and history

ten days shy of his nineteenth birthday

Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Grand Cross Badge in Frame Auction Archive in case of issue (case(Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana). Instituted in 1951. A framed Grand Cross Badge in silver gilt, featuring a white enamel cross with a Goldfive point star in the centre, ball finial at each end of each arm, with eagles in each quadrant, reverse mirrors the obverse, the cross is surmounted by a large crown of the republic, measures 70. 45mm (w) x 94. 60mm (h inclusive of crown suspension and integral ring), on a period full length green and