Italy (Republic). Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Ii Class Grand Officer's Set Auction Archive for service overseas

for service overseas

suspended from a 85 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback

measuring 86 mm (w) x 34

30mm (w) x 91

but delays in the spacecraft development pushed the launch into 1967

Italy (Republic). Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Ii Class Grand Officer's Set Auction Archive for service overseasOrdine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana. Instituted in 1951. Badge: in silver gilt with red, white and green enamels, measuring 55. 7 mm (w) x 75. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, yellowing evident in the white enamels on the obverse, on its original full length neck ribbon; and Breast Star: insignia in silver gilt with white enamels, mounted to an eight pointed star base, maker marked "S. JOHNSON MILANO ROMA" on the reverse cartouche,