Italy, Kingdom. A National Security Volunteer Militia's Long Service Cross, East Africa Campaign Auction WWI Iron Cross First Class

WWI Iron Cross First Class 1939 Case - Hardshelled

missing its pin insert for the vertical pinback

as well as two black threaded bands interwoven with gold bullion wire

maker marked with the stylized logo of “F

the obverse presents a German national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika

Italy, Kingdom. A National Security Volunteer Militia's Long Service Cross, East Africa Campaign Auction WWI Iron Cross First Class(Croce di anzianit di servizio per la milizia volontaria per la sicurezza nazionale). Instituted in 1933. Ten Years' Service, with Bronze Gladius for the East Africa Campaign. In bronze, the obverse centrepiece inscribed with the initials "MVSN" (Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale = National Security Volunteer Militia, popularly referred to as the 'Blackshirts'), the reverse centrepiece inscribed "DIECI ANNI (Ten Years), measuring 38. 5 mm