Italy, Kingdom. A Second War Period Italian Fascist Merit Medal Newly Listed Service Records and correspondence from

Service Records and correspondence from Ottawa

He received a Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977

appointed 17th March

27 Year Bar - (engraved: 13508

a black ink map of the Pappenberg area of Bavaria

Italy, Kingdom. A Second War Period Italian Fascist Merit Medal Newly Listed Service Records and correspondence fromItaly (Kingdom).: Bronze, obverse illustrating a left facing Roman soldier, with a fasces bearing an eagle's head at the far left, surrounded by the inscription "ALME SOL POSSIS NIHIL VRBE ROMA VISERE MAIVS" and engraver marked "MISTRVZZI", reverse inscribed "AL MERITO" inside an open ended wreath composed of a branch of oak leaves and acorns at the left and laurel leaves at the right, with a star at the open end of the wreath, 29 mm, ring suspension,