Italy, Kingdom. A 1945 Republican Air Force Medal by G. Verginelli visually-hidden (Orden Pour le Mérite für

(Orden Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaft und Künste Bandschnalle)

number impressed "82" on the reverse

He was still living with his mother and had asked his mother and sister

3 mm x 21 mm

In his Medical History of An Invalid

Italy, Kingdom. A 1945 Republican Air Force Medal by G. Verginelli visually-hidden (Orden Pour le Mérite für(Italia Aeronautica Repubblicana Medaglia). Constructed of bronze, with an elongated integral loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse inscribed Italia!! Italia!! Italia!! in capital letters and depicting four eagles vertically stacked with a woman flying within the clouds, the reverse inscribed 1945 XXIII and Aeronautica Repubblicana (Republican Air Force), with the makers mark G. Verginelli on the obverse, measuring 37. 6 mm,