Italy, Kingdom. A National Security Volunteer Militia's Long Service Cross, East Africa Campaign Hold Osterwald was then put into

Osterwald was then put into the 9th Company and took part in defensive battles in northern Finland from January 1942 to May 1943

One diamond is chipped

inscribed "He 115 V 4" on the reverse

on suspension with foldover metal prongs

completing in dual loops

Italy, Kingdom. A National Security Volunteer Militia's Long Service Cross, East Africa Campaign Hold Osterwald was then put into(Croce di anzianit di servizio per la milizia volontaria per la sicurezza nazionale). Instituted in 1933. Ten Years' Service, with Bronze Gladius for the East Africa Campaign. In bronze, the obverse centrepiece inscribed with the initials "MVSN" (Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale = National Security Volunteer Militia, popularly referred to as the 'Blackshirts'), the reverse centrepiece inscribed "DIECI ANNI (Ten Years), measuring 38. 5 mm