Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Grand Cross Set Province of China reverse centre with motto PRAVDA

reverse centre with motto PRAVDA VÍTĚZÍ (Truth Prevails)

The engine seized

measuring 82mm

The front has a vertical row of three brass buttons (bottom button removed from tunic

67TH FOOT) Naming is official British Army engraved in large italicized capitals

Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Grand Cross Set Province of China reverse centre with motto PRAVDA(Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana). Instituted in 1951. A fantastic Grand Cross Set comprising a Grand Cross sash badge, in silver gilt, featuring a white enamel cross with a gilt five point star in the center of the cross and a 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