An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal; Type 1 Auction failed to return from an

failed to return from an air training flight

along with creasing and light soiling overall

the Division moved to France where they finished out the war on the Western Front

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

5 mm x 39 mm Ribbon Bar

An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal; Type 1 Auction failed to return from anAn 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