MALTA - SMOM. Lot of 42 coins and medals. 18 SMOM cases from 1967 to 1972 each containing two coins. Added are ribbon honors, two bronze medals of the Grand Priory of Naples and Sicily, a bronze medal of the Centennial of the Foundation (1877-1977), and two medals (one in silver and one in bronze) for aid brought following the 1976 earthquake in Friuli. Silver and bronze specimens. Average in very high quality.

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