Italy, Republic. A Rare Order Of The Merit Of The Italian Republic, Collar, C.1970 Auction with some loss of black

with some loss of black finish visible to the obverse nine o’clock arm

wear evident on the black paper backer exposing the underlying structure of the badge

damage to the spine

The Battle of Trout River was a military conflict that occurred on May 27

but is in an overall extremely fine condition

Italy, Republic. A Rare Order Of The Merit Of The Italian Republic, Collar, C.1970 Auction with some loss of blackType I (1951 2001). In silver gilt, a lovely collar comprising of 20 links, alternating between links featuring two hollow horizontal bars with a central five point star (each link measures 31. 25mm (w) x 24. 2mm (h)), connected to a floral quatrefoil (each link measuring 26. 3mm (w) x 25. 9mm (h)) by four small rings on the outer edge and three rings on the inner edge, all links are plain on the reverse, the central link features an RI with