Albanian military award for participants Italian campaigns in Greece/Yugoslavia

Description: WWII Italian/Albanian Campaign Veteran's Commemorative Badge, 1942; manufactured by Stefano Johnson of Milan-Rome; 24 x 28mm; 4.8g. The metal pin is diamond-shaped, in blue and red enamel, with emblems of the helmet & sword of the Byzantine era Albanian national hero Georgios Kastriotis - Skenderbeg, the knot of Savoy, and the Fascist Party's fasces device at lower-base. The Albanian legend around the edge reads "Shqipnia Ushtareve Ngallnjyesa Te Romes" ("Albania, to the victorious soldiers of Rome"), with vertical safety-pin back. This award was instituted in May 1942 by Ministerial Order 356 and awarded by the "Albanian Government" to the Albanian military personnel who participated in the Italian Army's military operations in Greece and Yugoslavia between 28 Oct. 1940 and 23 April 1941. Albania was a forced single-party Italian protectorate as of 7 April 1939, led by a local branch of the Italian Fascist Party (which also enacted anti-Semitic legislation but largely did not physically harm the Jewish community - prior to 1943). She served as the staging base for Italy's invasion of Greece (Oct. 1940) but her army largely deserted the front-lines, weakening the Italian operation. These badges have been observed maker-marked Boeri of Rome as well as being unmarked. --- Most of our merchandise ships out from Israel | orders are combined | additional items are charged 75c: DOMESTIC services available are Registered mail (default) and courier mail. Please contact us if you desire courier mail. BUYERS IN ISRAEL: eBay does not recognize Israel as being a "domestic" mailing destination - please contact us to be invoiced and charged $5 for registered mail. --- OVERSEAS services available are Priority ECO Post registered airmail (default - $15 flat fee) and express EMS mail (3-day / 5-day to-door delivery - $40 flat fee). These options can be selected on check-out. We recognize that the shipping overseas is expensive - only ECO Post shows tracking up to delivery; for less expensive purchases on the understanding of the customer that tracking is not available we can user $5 standard registered mail overseas - please contact us so we can invoice you at this rate. --- Prospective buyers in countries without postal relations with Israel can receive orders via a third country. Please contact us for this option. --- To see higher end specialized philatelic items + materials from countries which cannot be displayed on ebay, add d o t com to our our handle name

Price: 149 USD

Location: Jerusalem Israel

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