Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown of Italy in Gold, Commander consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Royal Canadian Field Artillery

Royal Canadian Field Artillery

A pair of Braunschweig War Merit Crosses

but needing some repairs to attach one of the dual black ribbons to the rear again

with white piping (also denoting Kreisleitung)

Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown of Italy in Gold, Commander consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Royal Canadian Field ArtilleryInstituted in 1868. In Gold, cross in white enamel linked with rope. Obverse centre shows a band with Italian beaded colours, reverse shows Savoy cross imposed on an inverted black eagle with gold background. Neck ribbon divided into three bands, fine condition, very slight chip on reverse left side of crossbar. Footnote: The Order was founded by Victor Emmanuel II in 1868 to commemorate the unification of Italy in 1861. It was the first national