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medal, decoration

On display
human history
  • Other Name

    War Merit Cross (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Italian War Merit Cross [WW1]

    bronze cross with blue and white ribbon

    form: cross; triangular fixed V-clasp suspender

    reign: instituted by King Victor Emanuel III on 1 January 1918

    obverse: crown and royal cypher: VEIII on upper arm; MERITO DE GUERRA (War Merit) on horizontal arms; a roman sword on oak leaves on lower arm

    reverse: five-pointed star over rays

    ribbon: blue and white

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Other Id

    N2577 (numismatics)

  • Department
  • Display Room
medal, decoration, N2577, Photographed by: Julia Scott,… … Read more

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