Object number
3801.205
Description
A white metal medal showing an Egytian building with a swastika on one side and a log and axe on the other. The ribbon is white, with a central red stripe and a black stripe along one edge. It was a type of medal awarded to Italian troops fighting in North Africa during WWII.
Entered in Object History as 'German - Italian Victory Medal'.
"The bulk of one consignment of the medals was destroyed aboard an Italian ammunition ship blown up in Bisirta Harbour. The rest were blown up or washed ashore."
Date
1939 - 1945
Production period
World War Two, 1939-1945
Material
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