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Badge: Order of Military Merit of Savoy, 2nd class
Badge: A gold cross-urde enamelled white resting on a wreath of laurel and oak. Obverse: centre, the arms of Savoy (a white cross on a red background) surrounded by a red band with the legend 'AL MERITO MILITARE' in gold. Reverse: centre two swords saltire points upwards and above them the date '1855', the initials 'V' (left) and 'E' (right) all on a red ground encircled gold. A crown above the badge. Worn from a blue ribbon with a central red stripe.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2235.2 |
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| Type: | Badge |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1917 |
| People: | Beatty, David |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | badge: 82 x 50 mm |
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Badge and star: Order of Military Merit of Savoy, 2nd class (Order)
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