Italian Libya Campaign Medal 1911-12 Accession Number: RELAWM14821

Description

Italian Libya Campaign Medal 1911-12 with two laurel wreath bars '1911' and '1912'. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The bust of Vittorio Emanuele III facing right with the inscription 'VITTORIO EMANVELE III RE D'ITALIA' around the circumference. Reverse: 'LIBIA' within a laurel wreath. The medal is fitted with a fixed bar loop suspender and a piece of 36 mm ribbon of six blue stripes and five red stripes of equal widths. The silver date bars are loose from the medal and slide over the ribbon.

Contextual Description

Awarded to Italian troops that fought against the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) in the Libyan Campaign of 1911-12. It was also known as the Tripolitan War and was regarded by the Italian Government as a separate action during the Italo Turkish War. The obverse is the same as the Italo Turkish War Medal. 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

• Period 1910-1919

Places

• Libya

Units

• Italian Army

Tags

• Italian awards and medals