Italy, Kingdom. An Italian-German African Campaign Medal, By Lorioli consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 81mm (w) x 118mm (h)

81mm (w) x 118mm (h)

8 mm (w) x 36 mm (h)

Acquired from a German estate

Victory Medal (GNR

each pocket with a decorative pleat and fold over flap with reinforced button hole for the brown plastic button

Italy, Kingdom. An Italian-German African Campaign Medal, By Lorioli consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 81mm (w) x 118mm (h)Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original 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 and swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of ITALIAN GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA in both Italian and German, the obverse engraver