Italian African Campaign Medal 1887-96 Accession Number: RELAWM14815

Description

Italian African Campaign Medal 1887-96 with two bars 'CAMPAGNA D'AFRICA 1887-88' and 'CAMPAGNA D'AFRICA 1895-96'. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The crowned bust of Umberto I facing right. Reverse: The inscription 'CAMPAGNE D'AFRICA' within a laurel wreath. The medal is fitted with a fixed bar loop suspender and a piece of 39 mm red ribbon that has 6 mm blue edges. The two rectangular campaign bars slide over the ribbon.

Contextual Description

Awarded for the various Italian campaigns and battles to colonise part of North Africa in the late nineteenth century. This medal is part of a collection assembled by the late Hon. Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It was presented to the Memorial in memory of his son, Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916 and his grandson, Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on active service while flying in the Northern Territory on 3 October 1942.

Details

Conflicts

• 19th century

Places

• North Africa

Units

• Italian Army

Tags

• Italian awards and medals