Italy, Kingdom. A Twentieth Anniversary Combatants Meeting At Rome Medal 1938 GTRexclude 1942 and was appointed on

1942 and was appointed on this date as Commanding Officer of the 8th Independent Garrison Unit

Footnote: The Star for the Bolivian and Peruvian Campaign was instituted in 1880 in recognition of the Chilean military personnel who participated at the first land campaigns against Bolivia and Peru at the beginning of the Pacific War (1873-1883)

extensively worn and likely uniform removed

Franke survived the war to be taken prisoner by the US 385th Infantry Regiment

’s arrival in Nuremberg for the Reichsparteitag

Italy, Kingdom. A Twentieth Anniversary Combatants Meeting At Rome Medal 1938 GTRexclude 1942 and was appointed onBronze, obverse illustrating an upward pointing bayonet and a branch of oak leaves fronted by a helmet, surrounded by the inscription "ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE COMBATTENTI" and engraver marked "S. A. PAGANI", reverse illustrating a floating female warrior, a sword in her right hand, above a cluster of Italian flags, engraver marked "MISTRVZZI", inscribed "ADUNATA NAZ PER IL VENTENNALE DELLA VITTORIA" above and "ROMA 4 NOV 1938 XVII" below, 32 mm,