An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal Newly Listed Victory Medal (10107 PTE

Victory Medal (10107 PTE

engraved in capitals "JOHN D

dated 23 July 1903 in which Wyse makes claim for the clasps Natal

40 mm x 44 mm

27 mm x 54 mm

An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal Newly Listed Victory Medal (10107 PTEAn Italian Expedition to Albania Campaign Medal Type 3; Bronze, 33 mm, original ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on March 7, 1940, to be awarded to military and civilian participants in the Italian occupation of Albania. By 1939, Italy dominated all aspects of Albania life but in the minds of Mussolini and Ciano, German triumphs in Austria and Czechoslovakia demanded an Italian response. This came in the form of the invasion