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Miniature 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); diameter 23.18mm (0.91 inch); on probably 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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