Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown of Italy, Grand Officer Breast Star Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Verdienstkreuz in Gold

(Verdienstkreuz in Gold

bronze gilt with blue

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey threaded insignia

the obverse with a rightward facing portrait of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III

Colorado Collar Tab (in bronze

Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown of Italy, Grand Officer Breast Star Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Verdienstkreuz in GoldInstituted in 1868. A silver eight point star with large ball finials, with a superimposed obverse cross in 18K Gold and enamel with knots in each corner, the centerpiece features a blue enameled field with a Lombardy crown with red, green, and white enamel details, surrounded by a Gold ring, the reverse presenting a vertical pin with dual stays, measures 72. 6 mm (h) x 73. 5 mm (w), weighs 55. 6 grams, enamels intact, in extremely fine condition.