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Cross for War Merit (Croce al Merito di Guerra), Royal issue
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Cross for War Merit (Croce al Merito di Guerra), Royal issue
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Oxidised bronze Greek cross with laterally-pierced ball and angled loop for ribbon suspension; the face with the crowned cipher of King Vittorio Emanuele III on the upper arm, an upright sword with oak branch on the lower arm, the lateral arms inscribed ‘MERITO DI GUERRA’, signed ‘B’ at the base; the reverse with a central five-pointed star on a rayed background; the suspension appears to have been re-soldered to the cross; on original ribbon, the face age-faded. The Cross was instituted by Royal Decree 205 on 19 January 1918 to be awarded to those whose military conduct deserved public recognition (che hanno tenuto … una condotta militare che li renda degni di pubblico encomio).

 
Cross for War Merit (Croce al Merito di Guerra), Royal issue
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Cross for War Merit (Croce al Merito di Guerra), Royal issue
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Cross for War Merit (Croce al Merito di Guerra), Royal issue
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Cross for War Merit (Croce al Merito di Guerra), Royal issue
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