Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of The Crown In Gold, V Class Knight Auction horizontal pinback broken off

horizontal pinback broken off

reverse maker marked ""BASTIAN BROS

as he was still recovering from wounds

The document is dated to October 5

Footnote: This badge was made in Brittany (Finistere) during the Second World War from tin expropriated from food cans

Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of The Crown In Gold, V Class Knight Auction horizontal pinback broken off(Ordine della Corona d'Italia). Instituted in 1868. In Gold with red, white, blue, green and black enamels, weighing 9. 1 grams, unmarked, measuring 36 mm in diameter, spotting evident on the white enamels on the obverse arms, contact marks on the reverse of the arm at 9 o'clock, lightly soiled original ribbon, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of the Crown of Italy was founded as a national order in 1868 by King Vittorio Emanuele II, to