Italy, Kingdom. An Italian-German African Campaign Medal, By Lorioli Auction Grave Reference: Column 442

Grave Reference: Column 442

After twenty-nine months' service in the USAAF

he joined the Nipissing Masonic Lodge

followed by a promotion to Lieutenant while with the Special Reserve of Officers

which were forwarded to his "unmarried" wife

Italy, Kingdom. An Italian-German African Campaign Medal, By Lorioli Auction Grave Reference: Column 442Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its original German manufactured ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of two gladiators (symbolizing Germany and Italy) 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, circumscribed by an inscription of ITALIAN GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA in both Italian and German, the obverse maker