Italy, Kingdom. A Medal For The Expedition To Fiume 1919 GTRexclude Luftwaffe EM trapezoid cap eagle

Luftwaffe EM trapezoid cap eagle

USS Snook was lost while conducting her ninth war patrol

72 mm x 92 mm each

a Maltese cross in bronzed tombac

Italy, Kingdom. A Medal For The Expedition To Fiume 1919 GTRexclude Luftwaffe EM trapezoid cap eagle(Medaglia Commemorativa della Spedizione di Fiume). Instituted in 1919. In bronze, obverse illustrating a Roman eagle standard above raised arms holding daggers, inscribed in Latin "HIC MANEBIMVS OPTIME (Here we will very well stay), reverse inscribed "Al LIBERATORI XII SETTEMBRE MCMXIX" (To the Liberators 12 September 1919) above a wreath of laurel leaves, a scroll below inscribed "FIVME dITALIA (Italian Fiume), measuring 39 mm (w) x 43. 7 mm (h)