Germany, Heer. An Italian-German African Campaign Medal, Type II, with Ribbon Bar and Recipient Photo Newly Listed prongs and screwbacks

prongs and screwbacks

5mm (h - inclusive of integral suspension loop)

on loop for suspension - marked “44” for “Jakob Bengel

intact slider fed through a 95 mm in diameter large cockade

Germany, Heer. An Italian-German African Campaign Medal, Type II, with Ribbon Bar and Recipient Photo Newly Listed prongs and screwbacks(Deutsch Italienische Erinnerungsmedaille an den Feldzug in Afrika mit Bandschnalle und Portrt). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original Italian issue ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of two gladiators (symbolizing Italy and Germany) grappling with a crocodile (symbolizing the United Kingdom), the reverse bearing a raised depiction of the Arco dei Fileni, flanked by a fasces and swastika, above a Savoy