Italy, Republic. An Order Of The Star Of The Italian Solidarity, I Class Grand Officer, C.1960 GTRexclude It is currently awarded as

It is currently awarded as a honorific

Iron Cross 1939 (1st Class - November 8

1939 and was still active in it as of the 1970s

numbered "1453" on the rim

Italy, Republic. An Order Of The Star Of The Italian Solidarity, I Class Grand Officer, C.1960 GTRexclude It is currently awarded as(Ordine della Stella della Solidarieta Italiana). Instituted in 1947. Three piece construction, in silver gilt, inscribed in Italian "STELLA DELLA SOLIDARIETA ITALIANA" and inscribed in Latin "ANNO MCMXLVIII" (Year 1948) on the reverse cartouche, measuring 66. 8 mm (w) x 68 mm (h), vertical pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity was founded as a national order by the first President of the Italian Republic,