Italy: WW2 Commemorative medal for the men of
the 9th Italian Army (Italian and Albanian Units)
during the Campaign against Greece &Yugoslavia.
Quality Italian version in bronze, signed by Publio
Morbiducci.
Encircled by the Savoian Knots written in both
Albanian and Italian:
"MIK ME KRYE ME BESE E BURRNI" and "AMICO
FINO AL SACRIFICIO CON FEDE E CORAGGIO"
("Friends to the Sacrifice with Faith & Courage").
Italy invaded Greece on 28 October 1940 from the
Italian occupied Albania.
By Apr. 1941 the Hellenic Army had repelled the
attack and had pushed the Italians deep inside
the Albanian territory.
The Italian 9th Army participated in the unsucces-
sful Italian "Spring Offensive" in March 1941.
Trying to prevent the imminent Italian defeat,
Germany attacked Greece and Yugoslavia, from
Bulgaria, on 6 Apr. 1941 & forced the continental
Greek Forces to capitulate 3 weeks later.
The 9th Army was the main Italian Unit that
entered Greece, following the German invasion
which forced the Hellenic Army to fall back from
Albania in order to avoid its encirclement by the
advancing German forces.
FULL SIZE
WW2 1939 1945
Item 100% original - ribbon original
Condition as on the photos
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