An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal Newly Listed painted black chape and locket

painted black chape and locket wired to the leather body

With original ribbon and packet of issue

Un-researched group

he was posted to CADC Ripon Area on April 15th

A First War Pair to the 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion - (246841 PTE

An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal Newly Listed painted black chape and locketAn Italian Expedition to Albania Campaign Medal Type 3; Bronze, 33 mm, original ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on March 7, 1940, to be awarded to military and civilian participants in the Italian occupation of Albania. By 1939, Italy dominated all aspects of Albania life but in the minds of Mussolini and Ciano, German triumphs in Austria and Czechoslovakia demanded an Italian response. This came in the form of the invasion