Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Roman Eagle, Knight with Swords, by Cravanzola Auction SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (LIEUt C

SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (LIEUt C

and along the bottom CCCP

He was struck off strength to No

the obverse consisting of an eight-pointed radiant star with ribbed rays

topped by a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch

Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Roman Eagle, Knight with Swords, by Cravanzola Auction SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (LIEUt C(Ordine Civile e Militare dell'Aquila Romana). Instituted 14 March 1942 by King Victor Emmanuel III. (1942 1944 official issue; issued by the Italian Social Republic until 1945). A Knight consisting of a Cross Patte with white enamelled arms joined through the quadrants with a circular green enamelled laurel wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central blue enamelled medallion overlaid by a pre 1945 style Italian