Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of The Crown In Gold, III Class Commander, Cased certificate_of_authenticity As the war progressed

As the war progressed

all three with horizontal pinbacks

the interior retaining all 496 paginated interior pages detailing the history of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878

maker marked "E W E"

Dark patina (L/S MITCHELL RC V8561 RCNVR) Naming is privately engraved with correct replacement ribbon

Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of The Crown In Gold, III Class Commander, Cased certificate_of_authenticity As the war progressed(Ordine della Corona d'Italia). Instituted in 1868. Multi piece construction, in 18K Gold with red, white, green, blue and black enamels, weighing 20. 5 grams inclusive of its ribbon, unmarked, measuring 50. 5 mm (w) x 53 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, missing two white enamelled beads on the left side of the crown on the obverse, otherwise the enamels are intact, on its original full length neck ribbon, near extremely fine. In its hardshelled