Italy, Kingdom. A Military Order Of Savoy In Gold, Grand Cross Badge, C.1915 Hold two leather sliders

two leather sliders

measuring 50 mm x 103 mm

circumscribed by “FÜR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914/15” (“FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914/15”)

This dagger has been poorly stored

Italy, Kingdom. A Military Order Of Savoy In Gold, Grand Cross Badge, C.1915 Hold two leather sliders(Ordine militare di Savoia). Instituted 1815 by King Victor Emmanuel I. Italian Kingdom Period. Of high quality manufacture in Gold, featuring a white enameled Pison Cross, with detailed green and red enamel laurel and olive branches in each quadrant, obverse centre depicting a white enameled cross of Savoy, with inlaid Gold inscription AL MERITO MILITARE (To Military Merit) on a red enameled background, reverse featuring the restructure date of 1855