An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal; Type 1 Auction sticker residue on the reverse

sticker residue on the reverse

A Police Sword with Portepee by Weyersberg

A Stylised SS Plaque - exhibiting a definite art deco style this SS plaque is cast in bronze

production seal on the inside at the base maker marked "SIMPSON

it was found necessary to send forward five other officers

An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal; Type 1 Auction sticker residue on the reverseAn Italian Expedition to Albania Campaign Medal; Type 1 Bronze, 33 mm, original ribbon, light contact, near 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