Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Colonial Star, III Class Commander in Gold certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The Order of Leopold

Footnote: The Order of Leopold is one of the three current Belgian national honorary orders of knighthood

Some had brief

and a date of “1899”

(Frankentag Abzeichen)

in turn situated above a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code of “M7/37” for the same manufacturer

Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Colonial Star, III Class Commander in Gold certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The Order of Leopold(Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia). Instituted in 1914, discontinued in 1943. A lovely Commander badge in 18K Gold, a white enamelled five point star with small ball finials, the obverse medallion presenting the crowned cypher of Victor Emmanuel on a red enamelled disc encircled by a green enamelled ring dated 1911, the reverse in red bearing the inscription AL MERITO COLONIALE, the badge is surmounted by a large hollow crown, measures 53. 3 mm