Italy, Kingdom. Two Fascist Badges, C.1935 GTRexclude and his Iron Cross document

and his Iron Cross document from August 1944 has him at the rank of Rottenfuhrer

" It was also noted that he had developed "neurasthenia" (denoting a condition with symptoms of fatigue

when he was Killed in Action on the first day of the Battle of Flers-Courceletteat

one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea

the obverse consisting of an oak wreath with a manned chariot being pulled by two horses in the centre of the badge

Italy, Kingdom. Two Fascist Badges, C.1935 GTRexclude and his Iron Cross documentNational Fascist Party "PNF" (Partito Nazionale Fascista) and Fascist Leisure and Recreational Organization "OND" (Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro) "Day After Work" Medal (in bronze gilt, obverse illustrating a man in a tank top in the foreground, a woman in a full length dress in the background at the right, a large fasces at the left, inscribed "P. N. F." and "O. N. D." above and "1 GIORNATA DOPOLAVORo", reverse inscribed "Reggio Calabria Gioja Tauro 21