1957 Version - Italian-German African Campaign Medal

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Federal Republic of Germany - 1957 Version Italian-German African Campaign Medal (Medaille für den Italienisch-Deutschen Feldzug in) by Lorioli Milano. In 1957 the Federal Republic of Germany permitted qualifying veterans to wear the new re-designed 1957 version award in Bundeswehr uniform, due to the Ordengesetz. Awarded to soldiers of the Wehrmacht and Italian troops who worked together in the North African theater of war. It is constructed out of a die struck bronze base that has been bronze washed and finished in a lacquer coating. The obverse of the award features two gladiators fighting together to keep a crocodiles jaws closed. Beside the gladiators it is maker marked “Lorioli Milano” and to the bottom outer rim it is designer marked: “De Marchis”. The reverse features the Arch of Fileni, above the Savoy knot, which is all surrounded by “Campagna Italo Tedesca in Africa - Italienisch Deutscher Feldzug in Afrika” (Medal for the Italian-German campaign in Africa (in both German and Italian)). Sorry no ribbon on this one. It measures approximately 1 3/16 inches in diameter.