Italy, Kingdom. A Twentieth Anniversary Combatants Meeting At Rome Medal 1938 Newly Listed The leather uniforms provided a

The leather uniforms provided a certain protection against fire when the tanks got hit by Allied shells

1st October 1938 Commemorative Medal

silvered bronze frame

Reverse of armband has a machine stitched vertical seam

with its period original full length non-combatant’s ribbon

Italy, Kingdom. A Twentieth Anniversary Combatants Meeting At Rome Medal 1938 Newly Listed The leather uniforms provided aIn bronze gilt, obverse illustrating an upward pointing bayonet and a branch of oak leaves fronted by a helmet, surrounded by the inscription "ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE COMBATTENTI" and engraver marked "S. A. PAGANI", reverse illustrating a floating female warrior, a sword in her right hand, above a cluster of Italian flags, engraver marked "MISTRVZZI", inscribed "ADUNATA NAZ PER IL VENTENNALE DELLA VITTORIA" above and "ROMA 4 NOV 1938 XVII" below,