Italy, Kingdom. A Second War Period Italian Fascist Merit Medal Newly Listed 22 mm x 43 mm

22 mm x 43 mm inclusive of its crown suspension

appointed 17th March

Service Records and correspondence from Ottawa

97 mm in diameter x 165 mm inclusive of its lid

Italy, Kingdom. A Second War Period Italian Fascist Merit Medal Newly Listed 22 mm x 43 mmItaly (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,