Italy, Kingdom. A Second War Italian Commander’s Tank Badge Auction Archive culture and science

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white cotton mesh backer with plastic overlay

bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with black and white threading

1 Clasp - ATJEH 1873-1875 (silvered war materials

Ings was promoted to a Lieutenant-Colonel and appointed to be the first Commanding Officer of the 105th Infantry Battalion

Italy, Kingdom. A Second War Italian Commander’s Tank Badge Auction Archive culture and scienceIn bronze gilt with red and black enamels, illustrating a dragon hovering over a tank, surrounded by an open ended wreath of oak leaves, inscribed "FERREA MOLE FERREO CVORE" (Iron Heart, Iron Mole), measuring 46. 5 mm (w) x 31. 5 mm (h), slide locking horizontal pinback, intact enamels, in its original glassine package of issue, mint.