Italy, Kingdom. Distintivi E Medaglie Della R.s.i. (R.s.i. Badges And Medals - 1943/45) Hold the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Rod of Asclepius

First Lieutenant) Rank Collar Tab

It was discontinued in 1991

an unusual field-made example in very fine condition

Attributed to Maria Gil Balenchana

Italy, Kingdom. Distintivi E Medaglie Della R.s.i. (R.s.i. Badges And Medals - 1943/45) Hold the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered(RSI = Repubblica Sociale Italiana = Italian Socialist Republic). Softcover, the front cover with photographs, the back cover with a colopurized line graphic, entitled "Distintivi e Medaglie della R. S. I. (R. S. I. Badges and Medals 1943 45)", by Fausto Sparacino, published in 1988 by the Italian Military Publishing House (Editrice Militare Italiana) of Ivo Fossati in Milan, as part of the "Militaria" Series ("Serie "Militaria"), copyrighted in 1988