Italy, Kingdom. Four Campaign Medals & Awards Archive with a period original Hohenzollern

with a period original Hohenzollern ribbon

Violet Elizabeth Hanson (nee Johnston)

Triangular shaped cloth insignia

The obverse bears the portrait of Liberty encompassed by small stars and below bears the date “1901”

the obverse exhibiting a facing-right portrait of the emperor

Italy, Kingdom. Four Campaign Medals & Awards Archive with a period original HohenzollernIncludes: 1. War Merit Cross (Croce al merito di guerra). Instituted in 1918 (in bronze, measuring 37. 8 mm (w) x 43. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, spotting, original ribbon). 2. Italian Austrian War Medal 1915 1918 (Medaglia commemorativa della guerra Italo Austriaca). Instituted in 1919 (in bronze, engraver marked "S. CANEVARI" and "S. J." (Stefano Johnson of Milan) on the obverse, measuring 32 mm (w) x 37. 5 mm (h)