Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Grand Cross Set Republic of (Luftwaffe Adler für Offiziere)

(Luftwaffe Adler für Offiziere)

80 mm in diameter

The breeches measure approximately 42 cm across the waist

privately-purchased

Portrait photograph in black and white

Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Grand Cross Set Republic of (Luftwaffe Adler für Offiziere)(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