Italy, Kingdom. A Twentieth Anniversary Combatants Meeting At Rome Medal 1938 Newly Listed Reverse of armband has a

Reverse of armband has a machine stitched vertical seam

with its period original full length non-combatant’s ribbon

1st October 1938 Commemorative Medal

An Austrian Order of the Iron Crown

Mertsch won the German Cross in Gold in September 1943 and would go on to be the artillery commander of  XIII SS-Armeekorps and finished the war commanding a Kampfgruppe in Czechoslovakia

Italy, Kingdom. A Twentieth Anniversary Combatants Meeting At Rome Medal 1938 Newly Listed Reverse of armband has aIn bronze gilt, obverse illustrating an upward pointing bayonet and a branch of oak leaves fronted by a helmet, surrounded by the inscription "ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE COMBATTENTI" and engraver marked "S. A. PAGANI", reverse illustrating a floating female warrior, a sword in her right hand, above a cluster of Italian flags, engraver marked "MISTRVZZI", inscribed "ADUNATA NAZ PER IL VENTENNALE DELLA VITTORIA" above and "ROMA 4 NOV 1938 XVII" below,