Description
surrounded why a white ring of enamels
At the start of the 20th Century
A central crowned cipher of Prince Alfons encompassed by a wreath of half laurel and half oak leaves tied with a ribbon at the bottom
He returned to the United States and in his civilian life
It comes with a stub-nosed finial
Italy, Kingdom. A Military Order of Savoy in Gold, Commander Cross, c. 1915 Auction Archive surrounded why a white ring(Al merito militare). Instituted 14th August 1815. In gold, Pison cross in white enamel with laurel wreath in green enamel, obverse centre shows Savoy emblem with the inscription Al merito militare, reverse centre shows two crossed swords with the monogram V. E (Victor Emmanuel II) and the date 1855, adorned by a hollow Italian royal crown in Gold, inclusive of crown suspension 86. 8 mm (h) x 53. 8 mm (w), 19. 7 grams, on striped neck ribbon, very