Italy, Kingdom. A City Of Rome Silver Grade Merit Medal Archive A group of four stick

A group of four stick pins

marked "STERLING" and maker marked "RYRIE" on the reverse

bronze gilt with black

He was a protestant

138 (Luftnachrichten-Abteilung = air signal corps)

Italy, Kingdom. A City Of Rome Silver Grade Merit Medal Archive A group of four stickIn silver, obverse illustrating a she wolf nursing and sheltering the infants Romulus and Remus after they were abandoned, standing upon a pedestal bearing the Latin inscription "S. P. Q. R" ("Sentus Populusque Rmnus" = "The Senate and People of Rome"), reverse inscribed "AL MERITO" within an open ended wreath of oak leaves and acorns, measuring 30. 3 mm in diameter, edge nicks, bruised, contact marks, without ribbon, very fine.