Italy. A 1940 Campaign Medal For The Invasion Of France Hold Mother's Cross - Gold Grade

Mother's Cross - Gold Grade & Cased - Bronze gilt and enamels

and is commemorated on page 178 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

with great athletic skills and was academically gifted

the ribbon on the Iron Merit Cross heavily frayed

Italy. A 1940 Campaign Medal For The Invasion Of France Hold Mother's Cross - Gold GradeBronze, obverse illustrating a soldier climbing over mountains, inscribed "VINCERE!" at the left and engraver marked "AFFER", reverse illustrating a winged angel in flight, her right hand holding a shield bearing a fasces, with a mountain range below, inscribed "21 22 23 24 GIVGNO A XVIII" and "BATTAGLIA DEL FRONTE ALPINO OCCIDENTALE", 32. 2 mm, converted into a fob via the use of a six link chain housing two miniature shields, one in silvered bronze