Gilt-edged black enamel cross pattée with laterally-pierced cylinder suspension; the face with a circular central medallion with the arms of Savoy of a white cross on a red shield imposed on the two-headed Albanian eagle, inscribed 11a ARMATA above and with a knot below; the reverse gilt with the black circular inscription ‘VEEMENZA E TENACIA’ (Vehemence and Tenacity) and dated ‘16 NOVEMBRE 1940 XIX’, makers marks ‘C.MORI’ and ‘CIF’ within a crown); on original ribbon. The Cross was recognised on 15 April 1943, having been awarded during 1942 to members of the 11th Army who served in the campaign against Greece in 1940-1941.
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