An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal; Type 1 Auction Archive 1938 NSDAP Council Meeting Tinnie

1938 NSDAP Council Meeting Tinnie - Die-stamped tin with blue enamels

finely engraved ribbon loop

white and blue paint

Staff College

Hill with a strength of 47 officers and 1

An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal; Type 1 Auction Archive 1938 NSDAP Council Meeting TinnieAn Italian Expedition to Albania Campaign Medal; Type 1 Bronze, 33 mm, original ribbon, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on March 7, 1940, to be awarded to military and civilian participants in the Italian occupation of Albania. By 1939, Italy dominated all aspects of Albania life but in the minds of Mussolini and Ciano, German triumphs in Austria and Czechoslovakia demanded an Italian response. This came in the