Italy, Kingdom. An Italian-German African Campaign Medal, by Lorioli Newly Listed (SS-Waffen Kragenspiegel)

(SS-Waffen Kragenspiegel)

1920 - 1930

000 passed through Imphal into Assam

stamped with issue number “1179”

Italy, Kingdom. An Italian-German African Campaign Medal, by Lorioli Newly Listed (SS-Waffen Kragenspiegel)Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its original Italian issue ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of two gladiators (symbolizing Italy and Germany) grappling with a crocodile (symbolizing Great Britain), the reverse bearing a central raised depiction of the Arco dei Fileni, flanked by a fasces and swastika, and circumscribed by an inscription of ITALIAN GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA in both Italian and German, the obverse maker