Italy WWI Silver Commemorative Medal of the Italian 6th Army (Armata Altipiani) for the 2nd Battle of the Piave for Officers by Johnson

ITALY: WW1 Silver Commemorative Medal of the 
6th Army (Armata Altipiani - Plateau Army). 
Maker marked SJ (Stefano Johnson, Milan).
On the obverse: Britannia, Marianne and Italia 
Turrit (for Great Britain, France and Italy 
respectively).
On the reverse: The Arms of Great Britain, Italy 
and France over the inscriptions "NELLA FEDE 
FRATELLI E NELLA VITTORIA" (Brothers in Faith 
and in Victory) and "ARMATA ALTIPIANI" (Plateau 
Army).
Ribbon: A bow in the national colors of the three 
Allied countries. 
The medal was an unofficial award - an initiative 
of General Luca Montuori, commander of the 
Italian 6th Army - that was issued in 1919 to the 
officers of the Italian, British and French forces 
that participated in the 2nd Battle of the Piave, 
15 - 24 Jun. 1918 under his command. 
In March 1924, however, the medal was officially 
recognized (together with a respective Cross) by 
the Italian authorities. 
The 2nd Battle of the Piave was a major Austro-
Hungarian offensive (57 Divisions under the 
command of Colonel General Arthur Arz von 
Straussenburg against 58 Italian, 3 British and 2 
French Divisions under Marshal Armando Diaz) 
with main objective the crossing of the River 
Piave. 
Despite heavy losses, the battle ended as a 
decisive Allied victory that deprived the Austro-
Hungarian Army the ability to launch any future 
major offensive on the Italian Front.
The medal is scarce as it was awarded only to 
officers.

FULL SIZE

World War 1 1914 -1918

Item 100% original - ribbon original

Condition as on the photos
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