Italy, Kingdom. A Libya Campaign Medal With 4 Clasps Newly Listed 167 mm x 211 mm)

167 mm x 211 mm)

twenty-seven with vertical pinbacks

including a bronze grade cross

surrounded by a green-enamelled laurel wreath and a finely blue-enamelled border with the Latin Motto “De Rege Optime Merito” (King most deserving)

Italy, Kingdom. A Libya Campaign Medal With 4 Clasps Newly Listed 167 mm x 211 mm)(Medaglia Commemorativi della campagne di Libia). Instituted in 1913. 4 Clasps 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920. In silver, engraver marked "L. GIORGI" on the obverse, measuring 32 mm (w) x 36 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, dark patina, bruised, edge nicks, pitting, original ribbon, fine. Footnote: The Libya Campaign Medal was instituted on September 6, 1913 by Royal Decree no. 1913 and awarded to soldiers and civilians who served in Libya from