An Italian Volunteer's Merit Medal, Type I For The Italian-Austrian War Of 1915-1918 certificate_of_authenticity marked "N" on the ring

marked "N" on the ring

maker marked “RZM” but otherwise illegible

the first part aboard the S

left-facing version

(from translation) stating: " Untersturmführer Karl-Heinrich Plath Via SS o a North West Hamburg

An Italian Volunteer's Merit Medal, Type I For The Italian-Austrian War Of 1915-1918 certificate_of_authenticity marked "N" on the ringItaly (Kingdom); Bronze, engraver marked "P. MORBIDUCCI" on the obverse and "SACCHINI MILANO" on the reverse, 32. 5 mm, without ribbon, green oxidation evident on the reverse, spotting, better than very fine. Footnote: The Volunteer's Merit Medal was established on May 24, 1923 by Royal decree no. 1163 and awarded to all those who were praiseworthy and volunteered in the Royal Army or Navy during the First World War.