Italy, Kingdom. A Military Order Of Savoy In Gold, Grand Cross Badge, C.1915 Hold the exterior bearing a rectangular

the exterior bearing a rectangular oak leaf wreath

It shows a First War veteran wearing an Iron Cross 1914 2nd Class

Robert Clarke signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (623181) with the 61st Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Battalion" on September 8

in hard shelled case of issue

chipping evident in two locations in the orange enamels

Italy, Kingdom. A Military Order Of Savoy In Gold, Grand Cross Badge, C.1915 Hold the exterior bearing a rectangular(Ordine militare di Savoia). Instituted 1815 by King Victor Emmanuel I. Italian Kingdom Period. Of high quality manufacture in Gold, featuring a white enameled Pison Cross, with detailed green and red enamel laurel and olive branches in each quadrant, obverse centre depicting a white enameled cross of Savoy, with inlaid Gold inscription AL MERITO MILITARE (To Military Merit) on a red enameled background, reverse featuring the restructure date of 1855