A 1959 Italian National Olympic Commitee "Olympic Day" Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He served with distinction on

He served with distinction on the Western Front during the First World War and was awarded the Pour le Mérite

Soon after the Italian military units surrendered to the Germans as the flight of Italian King Victor Emmanuel III from Rome had made further resistance senseless

with a manufacturer's label printed in black ink on white paper and glued in place on the reverse

overall enamel loss

including a Reich Air Protection League (RLB) stick pin

A 1959 Italian National Olympic Commitee "Olympic Day" Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He served with distinction onBronze gilt, obverse illustrating a winged angel blowing a horn, a bowl emitting a flame placed on a pedestal in the background to the right, engraver marked "MORBIDUCCI" below the angel, reverse illustrating the Olympic rings surmounted by a star and inscribed "GIORNATA OLIMPICA MCMLIX" below, surrounded by the inscription "COMITATO OLIMPICO NAZIONALE ITALIANO" with laurel leaves at its base, 32 mm, scattered gilt wear, near extremely fine.