Paratrooper Loyalty Chain of the 1st Parachute Division
Silver medallion depicting the Parachute Badge, reverse side with motto “Treue um Treue” (Loyalty for Loyalty) and maker's mark of the jeweler in Mailand “800”, complete with silver neck chain, condition 2.
As thanks for the rescue of the art treasures of the Monte Cassino monastery before it was bombed by the Americans, Abbot Gregorio Diamare presented the 1st Parachute Division with, among other things, a small silver donation. From this donation the loyalty chains were created.
Accompanied by a photocopy of an award certificate, with signature “Schulz, Oberst und Divisionsführer Div.-Gef.-Stand”.
As thanks for the rescue of the art treasures of the Monte Cassino monastery before it was bombed by the Americans, Abbot Gregorio Diamare presented the 1st Parachute Division with, among other things, a small silver donation. From this donation the loyalty chains were created.
Accompanied by a photocopy of an award certificate, with signature “Schulz, Oberst und Divisionsführer Div.-Gef.-Stand”.