Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, Commander in Gold, with Case Province of China IV - The Early Years

IV - The Early Years of the Regiment

The band is flanked by gilded bronze RAMC-issue buttons which accommodate a two-piece blackened leather chinstrap

Footnote: Neil Wallace Dickson was born on January 25

and hand marked in white on the top with “REMI 1987

at Funafuti

Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, Commander in Gold, with Case Province of China IV - The Early Years(Ordine della Corona dItalia). Instituted February 20th, 1868. A lovely decoration, constructed of 18kt Gold, consisting of a white enamelled hollow construction Gold cross with Gold knots in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a blue enamelled centerpiece bearing a royal crown constructed of white, green, and red enamels, surrounded by a Gold ring, the reverse features a Gold central medallion bearing a black enamelled eagle