An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal Auction Archive maker marked "BIRKS 1915" on

maker marked "BIRKS 1915" on the reverse

noting that "on (the) left side of (his) chest

while the other two are stamped "Canadian Military Photograph" on the reverse)

he was promoted to Acting Gunner (T)

avoiding the main tracks and fought his way out bringing back after a period of 10 days with little or no food

An Italian Expedition To Albania Campaign Medal Auction Archive maker marked "BIRKS 1915" onAn Italian Expedition to Albania Campaign Medal Type C, bronze, original ribbon, near mint. Footnote: The medal was instituted on 7 March 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 form of the invasion of Albania by