Auction Catalogue

21 September 2001

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 780

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21 September 2001

Hammer Price:
£280

Italy, Al Valore Militare, silver, mintmark crowned ‘Z’ over ‘FG’ (Ficicchia Giuseppe, Lukatic, 23 Maggio 1917); together with Italo-Turkish War Medal 1911-12, Altipiani Medal 1918, and other regimental and fascist medals and badges (6), nearly very fine or better £250-350

The 23rd May 1917 was the day of the great Italian advance in South Carso, from Kostanjevica to the sea, when over 9,000 prisoners were taken.