Italy, Kingdom. A Commemorative Cross of the 8th, 9th, and 10th Army, c.1924 Republic of (The SS Race and Settlement

(The SS Race and Settlement Main Office was tasked with keeping the SS “racially pure” and would have needed to perform a background check on Rumohr’s future bride

including an officer’s tunic breast eagle

20 mm x 66 mm

her left arm extended and holding an olive branch over the head of a soldier

ELCHINGER MUNCHEN in the reverse center

Italy, Kingdom. A Commemorative Cross of the 8th, 9th, and 10th Army, c.1924 Republic of (The SS Race and Settlement(Croce commemorativa della 8, 9 e 10 Armata). Constructed of a silver alloy, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Greek Cross, the obverse bearing a central raised sword situated within clusters of laurel and oak leaves, the reverse bearing an inscription of "OTTAVA E DECIMA ARMATE DI VITTORIO VENETO" EIGHTH AND TENTH ARMY OF VITTORIO VENETO, surrounded by rams heads and heraldic shields, unmarked, measuring 35. 29