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

Accompanied by its Ribbon Bar (gilt metal with red

the buckle measuring 45

oxidation and paint loss evident throughout

Moscow) on the screwback

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