Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of The Crown In Gold, V Class Knight Auction 1887 in Halifax

1887 in Halifax

at Esquimalt

The chin cord is constructed of gilt aluminum bullion

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

as he was still recovering from wounds

Italy, Kingdom. An Order Of The Crown In Gold, V Class Knight Auction 1887 in Halifax(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