Italy, Kingdom. A Second War Italian Commander’s Tank Badge Auction Archive yet afterwards did not return

yet afterwards did not return for duty immediately

the exterior bearing an etched inscription of “PAMIATKA Z RUSKEJ VOJNY” (“MEMENTO OF THE RUSSIAN WAR”)

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in Aug 1943

Italy, Kingdom. A Second War Italian Commander’s Tank Badge Auction Archive yet afterwards did not returnIn bronze gilt with red and black enamels, illustrating a dragon hovering over a tank, surrounded by an open ended wreath of oak leaves, inscribed "FERREA MOLE FERREO CVORE" (Iron Heart, Iron Mole), measuring 46. 5 mm (w) x 31. 5 mm (h), slide locking horizontal pinback, intact enamels, in its original glassine package of issue, mint.