he was invalided to England on August 16th and admitted to the 2/1st Southern General Hospital in Birmingham on the 17th
4 grams with the ribbon on
and scarcer then later awarded crosses
a whole Soviet Cossack Regiment complete with officers deserted to the Germans and put themselves at their service
which would affect his pay
Italy, Kingdom. A Twentieth Anniversary Combatants Meeting At Rome Medal 1938 Auction Archive he was invalided to EnglandIn 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,