- Titles Italian War Merit Cross (Croce al Merito di Guerra) (Descriptive)
- Medium bronze and silk
- Dimensions Overall 3 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 1/4 in. (8.3 × 3.8 × 0.6 cm)
- Credit Line Gift of the family of Kelly Ingram, 1967.250.4
- Work Type medal
- Classification Medals
- Signature Unsigned
- Marks None
- Inscription On the obverse the royal cypher of Italian King Victor Emmanuel III "VE III" under a crown and in the upper arm "MERITO DI GVERRA"
- Provenance The Italian government, about 1918; awarded posthumously to Osmond Kelly Ingram (born Oneonta, Alabama, August 4, 1887- died October, 15,1917, Celtic Sea); by descent through his family; gift to the Birmingham Museum of Art in 1967