Description
Three Miniature Medals & Awards - France: WWI Victory Medal (bronze
King George I Cross
arched hole on top exposing the underlying burlap support
Commemorative medal in solid silver
HAZELTINE" on the reverse
An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal Auction Archive Three Miniature Medals & AwardsAn Italian Expedition to Albania Campaign Medal Type 1; Bronze, 32. 8 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