An Italian Naval Battle Of Calabria (Aka Battle Of Punta Stilo) Medal 1940 GTRexclude Number 188765

Number 188765

In a letter dated June 19

the latter two with pinbacks

at the left wing of the division was charged with the defence of a wide front to the north and east with attacking Russians with armour and infantry at the eastern edge of Starosselje

Had to go sick this time as (he) could not carry on

An Italian Naval Battle Of Calabria (Aka Battle Of Punta Stilo) Medal 1940 GTRexclude Number 188765Bronze gilt, 32. 2 mm, scattered gilt wear and oxidation spotting, very fine. Footnote: The Battle of Calabria (known to the Italian Navy as the Battle of Punta Stilo) was a naval battle during the Battle of the Mediterranean in the Second World War. It was fought between the Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina) and a combined forced of the British Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy. The battle occurred thirty miles to the east of Punta Stilo,