Italy, Kingdom. An Italian-German African Campaign Medal, by Lorioli United Republic of A single piece of lacquered

A single piece of lacquered dark brown wood comprises the handle grip

and securely stitched in place along the upper theme with carefully-applied machine embroidery

the reverse retaining a typewritten label captioning the scene and bearing a date of “14

published by the Verlag Braune Bücher Berlin Carl Rentsch

lined interior lid (embossed with “C

Italy, Kingdom. An Italian-German African Campaign Medal, by Lorioli United Republic of A single piece of lacqueredConstructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its original German issue ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of two gladiators (symbolizing Italy and Germany) grappling with a crocodile (symbolizing Great Britain), the reverse bearing a central raised depiction of the Arco dei Fileni, flanked by a fasces and swastika, and circumscribed by an inscription of ITALIAN GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA in both Italian and German, the obverse