Italy, Republic. An Order Of The Italian Republic, Grand Cross, By Cravanzola, C.1965 Auction Footnote: The Normandy Campaign Medal

Footnote: The Normandy Campaign Medal was commissioned by the Normandy Veterans Association

The thick reddish-brown leather washer at the crossguard junction remains intact

British issue

35 mm x 36

Constructed of a dark green wool backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Italy, Republic. An Order Of The Italian Republic, Grand Cross, By Cravanzola, C.1965 Auction Footnote: The Normandy Campaign Medal(Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana). Instituted March 3, 1951 by President Luigi Einaudi. Type I. (1951 2001). A sash badge consisting of an enameled white four armed cross with ball finials in silver gilt, featuring detailed Italian eagles in each quadrant, center exhibiting a superposed five pointed star also in silver gilt, suspending by large gilded Mural Crown with enamels details, reverse mirrors the obverse, measuring 70. 7mm (w) x 99.