Footnote: The Type I version of the Cross for Revolutionary Merit was instituted on October 5
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hard cover
RAD Long Service Award - Third Class
with scenes of German and Soviet armour on the Eastern Front (including double prints of a captured Soviet T-34 in Wehrmacht service at Kharkov in 1943)
Italy, Kingdom. A Military Order Of Savoy In Gold, Knight, C.1900 Hold Footnote: The Type I versionInstituted 1815. Type II (1855+). In gold with red, white and green enamels, weighing 9. 5 grams, measuring 38. 5 (w) x 38. 7 mm (h), original ribbon, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Military Order of Savoy was the highest and most prestigious Italian military order, awarded for exceptional conduct in war. It was founded on August 14, 1815 and renewed by Royal Decree on September 27, 1855 and March 28, 1857. After the abolition of the