Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Grand Cross Set GTRexclude containing 86 pages with black-and-white

containing 86 pages with black-and-white photographs

(Karl-Marx-Orden in Gold mit Etui)

Constructed of light grey cotton twill

maker marked “Franz Richter - Z

Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Grand Cross Set GTRexclude containing 86 pages with black-and-white(Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana). Instituted in 1951. A fantastic Grand Cross Set comprising a Grand Cross sash badge, in silver gilt, featuring a white enamel cross with a gilt five point star in the center of the cross and a ball finial at each end of each arm, with eagles in each quadrant, reverse mirrors the obverse, the cross is surmounted by a large crown of the republic, measures 70. 8 mm (w) x 95 mm (h inclusive of crown suspension