An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal Auction Archive his announcement appearing on page

his announcement appearing on page 12447 of the same publication

An Early Minesweeper War Badge -  In tombac

while later issues that are more common were produced during 1915-19 in gilded bronze

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An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal Auction Archive his announcement appearing on pageAn Italian Expedition to Albania Campaign Medal Type C, bronze, original ribbon, near mint. Footnote: The medal was instituted on 7 March 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 of Albania by