Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit, Collar Chain, C.1955 Archive Age-appropriate material fatigue is evident

Age-appropriate material fatigue is evident to the leather elements

and it is not quite like anything that ever happened to anyone else

with six pages of text

Both measuring 105x148mm

Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit, Collar Chain, C.1955 Archive Age-appropriate material fatigue is evidentItaly: Badge has a three piece construction, in silver gilt with white enamels, crown suspension in silver gilt with red, green, black and white enamels, 55. 3 mm x 74 mm inclusive of its crown suspension, the crown surmounted by a 34. 3 mm x 43. 7 mm silver gilt framed interlocking "RI" (Repubblica Italiana), with a chain in silver gilt, consisting of eleven 13. 5 mm x 24. 2 mm stars alternating with ten 26 mm x 36. 3 mm cluster bows, one cluster bow