Italy, Fascist State. An Alpini Association African Campaign Medal Archive to confirm that it was

to confirm that it was an accident

The blade's reverse ricasso is maker marked SMF Solingen (Stocker & Co

a very impressive record considering that it was achieved before the development of antibiotics and the principles of antisepsis

and Medal for the 80th Anniversary the October Revolution 1917-1997

Brunswick: WWI War Merit Cross 2nd Class (bronze)

Italy, Fascist State. An Alpini Association African Campaign Medal Archive to confirm that it wasAn Italian Alpini Association African Campaign Medal Blackened bronze, obverse illustrating an Italian soldier advancing over an outcrop, inscribed "VENDICA DAVIDE MENINI" and "AVANTI MIEI ALPINI!..,," above, reverse inscribed "ASSne NAZle ALPINI" on a disk centred on a fasces, surrounded by the inscription "ONORA LA TVA PENNA IN TERRA D'AFRICA", 35. 3 mm, very light contact, near extremely fine.