Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Grand Cross Badge in Frame consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Also emanating from the ring

Also emanating from the ring are two aluminum loops

black leatherette exterior marked PURPLE HEART

A “Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42”

secured on both sides by two-piece constructed brass buttons bearing a crossed baton and sword within an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves

the left cuff with seven of the eight buttons intact

Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Grand Cross Badge in Frame consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Also emanating from the ring(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