Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Grand Cross Set C. 1950 certificate_of_authenticity Pechmann helped organize the “Ausstellung

Pechmann helped organize the “Ausstellung München 1908” (“Exhibition Munich 1908”)

measuring 26 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)

photographing the local ethnographic material and teaching Estonian boys the basics of photography until his death in 1929

including the action at Zand River

Sandman from Cleveland

Italy, Republic. An Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic, Grand Cross Set C. 1950 certificate_of_authenticity Pechmann helped organize the “AusstellungInstituted March 3, 1951. A Grand Cross badge in silver gilt featuring a white enamel cross with ball finials and an eagle in each quadrant, a central five point star sits atop the cross, the reverse mirrors the obverse, the badge is surmounted by a large crown depicting turrets, marked 800 and 58 MI denoting Milano manufacture between 1944 1968, measures 70. 6mm (w) x 101. 9mm (h inclusive of integral ring atop crown suspension), weighs 56. 7 grams,