Italy, Kingdom. An Italian-German African Campaign Medal, By Lorioli GTRexclude my gratitude for the help

my gratitude for the help and kindness which you have shown to the children who crossed the sea from the United Kingdom many months ago

surrounded by a design of repeating six-sided stars and leafing

attached to two blue-gold ribbons

green and black embroidered University of Toronto coat-of-arms

encircled by an enameled blue ring inscribed HONOR I OJCZYZNA

Italy, Kingdom. An Italian-German African Campaign Medal, By Lorioli GTRexclude my gratitude for the helpConstructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of two gladiators (symbolizing Italy and Germany) grappling with a crocodile (symbolizing Great Britain), the reverse bearing a central raised depiction of the Arco dei Fileni, flanked by a fasces and and swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of ITALIAN GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA in both Italian and German, the obverse engraver