the edges trimmed in a thin red stripe
stained five-sided ribbon suspension
interior lid in blue silk with faded maker’s label in yellow lettering
Pechmann helped organize the “Ausstellung München 1908” (“Exhibition Munich 1908”)
measuring 26 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)
Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Grand Cross Set C. 1950 certificate_of_authenticity the edges trimmed in aInstituted March 3, 1951. A Grand Cross badge in silver gilt featuring a white enamel cross with ball finials and an eagle in each quadrant, a central five point star sits atop the cross, the reverse mirrors the obverse, the badge is surmounted by a large crown depicting turrets, marked 800 and 58 MI denoting Milano manufacture between 1944 1968, measures 70. 6mm (w) x 101. 9mm (h inclusive of integral ring atop crown suspension), weighs 56. 7 grams,