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Italy Medal of the Bafile Battalion, Royal Marine Regiment San Marco 1943-45

Italy Medal of the Bafile Battalion, Royal Marine Regiment San Marco 1943-45
Italy Medal of the Bafile Battalion, Royal Marine Regiment San Marco 1943-45
Italy Medal of the Bafile Battalion, Royal Marine Regiment San Marco 1943-45
Italy Medal of the Bafile Battalion, Royal Marine Regiment San Marco 1943-45

Italy Medal of the Bafile Battalion, Royal Marine Regiment San Marco 1943-45

Italy: Medal of the Bafile Battalion, Royal Marine Regiment San Marco 1943-45. Very scarce regimental medal of the Bafile Battalion of the San Marco Regiment of Royal Marines. The elite San Marco Regiment, consisting of four battalions, was engaged throughout the Italian fighting in Greece, Yugoslavia and North Africa. After the Italian surrender in September1943, most members of the Bafile battalion elected to fight with Allies against Germany; notably, the Bafile Battalion fought along the Poles at Monte Cassino. The 31 x 31 mm medal is made of silvered bronze, with a gold-gilt winged Lion of Venice on the obverse; the reverse displays the regimental motto: Per mare, Per terram, Per coelom/By sea, By land, By sky.

The medal is in near extremely fine condition, with a small amount of the silver gilt missing; on the original cloth knotted cord.


Italy Medal of the Bafile Battalion, Royal Marine Regiment San Marco 1943-45