An Italian First War Balkan Campaign Cross Archive Navy and built at the

Navy and built at the Union Iron Yard in 1912)

Kurt Gerhard Klietmann (1910-1990)

handwritten inscription in black ink and dated April 18

as both his parents were deceased (his father in 1932)

In silvered tomabc and enamels

An Italian First War Balkan Campaign Cross Archive Navy and built at theAn Italian First War Balkan Campaign Cross Silvered bronze with white, black, gray and orange enamels, unmarked, 39. 5 x 39. 5 mm, intact enamels, silvering wear evident on the reverse, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: This cross was awarded to Italians serving in the Balkans (Macedonia, Albania) during the First World War. Scarce.