Militari Croce Merito Di Guerra 1918

[RonR]

WW1 Italian War Merit Cross........


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[Ironcrown]

Wow, that's really worn out!
Of course original

[enorepap]

Hallo Ron

Nice war merit cross:

- from March 27, 1918, unique class in bronze, (Royal Decree of January 19, 1918, No. 205, Establishment of a War Merit Cross, in Official Gazette of the Kingdom No. 73 of March 27, 1918). Conferred «to those who have held in the carrying out of military operations, whether land or sea or air, a military conduct that makes them worthy of public praise», for a maximum of three concessions (royal decree January 19, 1918, No. 205); "The grant of war merit cross can be repeated when the decorated shows new titles of merit. However, it will never be possible to exceed the number of three concessions. These, then, will always be represented by a single decoration, subsequently affixing on the relative ribbon a royal bronze crown in the middle or two lateral, according to whether it is a second or third concession »(Article 8). The ribbon had 6 blue and 5 white alternating stripes

- These provisions were almost immediately replaced from March 1918 to December 14, 1942. Unique class, bronze. A cross for each war. (Royal Decree of March 10, 1918, No. 356, Amendment to the paragraph of Article 2 of the Royal Decree of January 19, 1918, No. 205, concerning the establishment of a war merit cross, in the Official Gazette No. 73 of March 27, 1918). With royal decree March 21, 1938, n. 538, Integration of the art. 8 of the R. decree January 19, 1918, n. 205, concerning the institution of the war merit cross, in Official Gazette of the Kingdom n. 115 of May 21, 1938 the limit of the grant of more than three total contributions was abrogated: "However, the number of three concessions can never be exceeded for each war; this number can not even be exceeded when, being a colonial war, military operations are followed by operational cycles of great colonial police. The concessions, then, will always be represented by a single decoration, for each war and any subsequent cycles of operations, by placing on the ribbon a royal bronze crown, in the middle, or two lateral, according to whether it is a second or third concession "(Article 1); Then the ribbon became the same as the cross for military valor 1922-1943 (blue / white / blue / white / blue) but with the crown (or nothing in the case of a first concession) instead of the sword

- from December 14, 1942 to June 2, 1946 (de facto until August 5, 1947): unique class in bronze, (royal decree December 14, 1942, No. 1729, Concession of the war merit cross to the personnel who from June 10, 1940, participated in military operations in the ongoing war, in the Official Gazette of the Kingdom No. 29 of February 5, 1943). In December 1942 the authorization to wear a single cross was established again, with the subsequent conferments indicated by royal crowns: "The granting of the war merit cross can be repeated when the decorated obtains new titles of merit. However, no more than one cross can be awarded for each period of twelve consecutive months of participation in the war, even if more than one title has been obtained during this period. The winners of several war merit crosses carry only one ribbon, even if decorated with other war merit crosses achieved for previous campaigns. The different concessions are distinguished by one up to three royal crowns applied on the ribbon, made of bronze, silver and gold, according to the number of war merit crosses they represent "(article 4).

Best regards