Italy (Republic): Order of Vittorio Venetto. Knight's breast badge

Contained in it's original plush hinged case of issue and retaining its silk riband, as issued

This single class 'Order' was officially instituted on, 18 March 1968, and awarded exclusively to surviving Italian veterans of the Great War, and earlier conflicts as a mark of 'Gratitude of Esteem' from the nation

Qualifying criteria for the Order were that veterans had to have been decorated with the to those decorated with the Medal and the War Cross of Military Valor (Medaglia e Croce di Guerra al Valor Militare) and who had fought for at least six months in World War I and OR earlier conflicts

With the death of the last veterans of the Great War, the Order of Vittorio Venetto became obsolete in 2008

The Order is named after the great Italian Great War victory at the Battle of Vittorio Veneto which began on 23 October 1918 and crushed the Austria-Hungarian Army as an effective fighting force, and whereat the Italians took more than 300,000 prisoners-of-war

The Order was designed by the engraver Mancinelli of the Zecca di Roma (Rome Mint)

Condition: EF

Code: 22825