Italy, Republic. An Order Of The Star Of The Italian Solidarity, I Class Grand Officer, C.1950 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a treaty was signed giving

a treaty was signed giving the country to the United States

along with the Canadian coat-of-arms used between 1870 and 1873 on the field at the far right

set as the centrepiece of a white enameled Cross Pattée with its centrepiece pierced by crossed swords

illustrating one seagull above crossed branches

a commemorative soldier medal

Italy, Republic. An Order Of The Star Of The Italian Solidarity, I Class Grand Officer, C.1950 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a treaty was signed giving(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 64 mm (w) x 64. 7 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,