An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal Newly Listed before returning to H

before returning to H

he was posted to CADC Ripon Area on April 15th

Original Award Documents

ALCM exhibiting scattered light contact and gilt wear

An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal Newly Listed before returning to HAn 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