Italy, Kingdom. An Italian-German African Campaign Medal, by Lorioli Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic versus the original pattern

versus the original pattern

Mayes was wounded in June 1916

measuring 70 mm (w) x 28 mm (h) overall

Type II by this maker (pin

Italy, Kingdom. An Italian-German African Campaign Medal, by Lorioli Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic versus the original patternConstructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its original Italian 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 maker