Albania, Italian Occupied. An Order of Skanderbeg, III Class, by Cravanzola, c.1945 Auction and an interior red lining

and an interior red lining

he had been sending his widowed mother about $5

he was presumed dead

Wrapped around the crossed guard and handle is a matching portepee consisting of a stylized silver aluminum wire acorn suspended from a strap of identical construction

Ajax (1919 & 1923

Albania, Italian Occupied. An Order of Skanderbeg, III Class, by Cravanzola, c.1945 Auction and an interior red lining(Urdhri i Skenderbeut). Instituted December 3rd, 1925. Constructed of gilded silver with red, green, and blue enamels, consisting of a double headed Albanian eagle with red enameled wings, the obverse with a central blue medallion bearing the Royal Crown in gilt, surrounded by a ring of green enamels bearing the collar of the order, the reverse plain, marked DITTA CRAVANZOLA E. GARDINO SUCC ROMA, on a loop for suspension from a small section of