Order of the Roman Eagle
The Order of the Roman Eagle was on March 14, 1942 by the Italian King Viktor Emanuel III. Donated as civil and military merit medals in six classes and was intended exclusively for awarding to foreigners.
Order classes
- Golden Grand Cross
- Silver Grand Cross
- Grand Officer
- commander
- officer
- Knight
Order decoration
The medal is a gold bordered, white enamelled cross on a green wreath of oak leaves . In the medallion , which is enclosed by a gold-rimmed and blue-enamelled ring, a crowned gold-plated eagle with the Savonian- Italian white cross in a red oval breast shield. On the reverse of the medallion three golden bundles of lictors standing side by side .
For military merits, the award with crossed swords was bestowed by the Kreuzwinkel.
Carrying method
The grand cross was carried with a sash from the left shoulder and a breast star . In addition to a slightly reduced breast star, grand officers wore the decoration, as did the commanders around their necks. Officers and knights wore the award on the ribbon on the left side of the chest. Officers also had a rosette on the ribbon.
The ribbon is burgundy, with yellow stripes on the left and right of about one eighth of the bandwidth.
Others
After Mussolini was deposed and the Italian Social Republic , which was dependent on the German Empire , was founded, the order continued to be awarded, albeit with a medallion changed on the front. There was now only a golden eagle looking to the left to be seen.
With the end of the monarchy in Italy in 1946, the order was finally no longer awarded.
literature
- Arnhard Graf Klenau: European Order from 1700. Klenau, Fridingen 1978, ISBN 3-921566-05-3 .
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