Original two-piece leather chinstrap is maker marked at the feeder end
her printed signature below the portrait
Friedrich Bastelberger of II
he was appointed the GOC of the recently arrived 5th Canadian Armoured Division when it arrived on the Italian Front in November 1943
and I hope you may have the consolation of knowing he did his duty magnificently
Italy, Fascist State. A Motorized Unit Campaign Medal For Albania 1940-1941 Auction Original two-piece leather chinstrap isBronze with blue and black enamels, obverse illustrating a motorized unit insignia above the inscription "10 Autoraggruppamenti di Manovra", a ribbon banner below inscribed "FERVENT ROTAE FERVENT ANIMI", dated "1940" and "1941" on either side of the fasces frame respectively, engraver marked "PAGNONI" and maker marked "S. J." (S. Johnson), reverse illustrating a map of the Mediterranean region, 35. 5 mm, original ribbon, intact enamels, edge nicks,