United States. A Second War "The Italians To The Heroic 8Th Army" Commemorative Medal Buy Now 4 Personnel Despatch Centre at

4 Personnel Despatch Centre at Blackpool on March 17th

Army Long Service Decoration –in gilded iron

in recognition of exceptional civil and military accomplishments

17 Ambulance Train and sent to Boulogne

then discharged upon demobilization on October 6

United States. A Second War "The Italians To The Heroic 8Th Army" Commemorative Medal Buy Now 4 Personnel Despatch Centre atBronze gilt, obverse illustrating Mount Vesuvius across the Bay of Naples, a sunrise with emanating rays in the background, reverse inscribed "THE ITALIANS TO THE HEROIC 8TH ARMY" with arabesques above and below, 30. 2 mm, without ring, contact marks and surface wear, near very fine. Footnote: Naples fell to the United States 23rd Armoured Brigade on October 1, 1943 and was subsequently occupied by the United States 82nd Airborne until their transfer