Italy WWII Commemorative Medal of the 47th Infantry Regiment Ferrara for the Greco-Italian War 1940 1941 by Boeri

Italy: WW2 Commemorative Medal of the 47th 
Infantry Regiment "Ferrara" for the Campaign 
against Greece (28 Oct. 1940- 14 Apr. 1941).
In zinc.
Inscribed:  "47th Infantry Regiment "Ferrara" - 
"Gold Medal", "Faith and Valor", "Soldiers of 
Death".
With the names of the battles the Regiment 
participated in during theWar against Greece 
(Kalpaki, Drinos Valley, Zeta Valley, Maji Terzori,
Devri).
Signed by Boeri in Rome.
The 47th Infantry Regiment  participated in the 
Greek-Italian War under the chain of command 
of the 23rd Mountain Infantry Division "Ferrara".
Italy invaded Greece on 28 October 1940 from 
the Italian occupied Albania. 
The 23rd Inf. Div. "Ferrara" managed to advance 
about 25 km within the Greek territory but by 6 
Nov. 1940 the Division was halted just 500 meters 
from Kalpaki city center.
The Greek counterattack pushed the Italians deep 
inside the Albanian territory. 
Trying to prevent the imminent Italian defeat, 
Germany attacked Greece and Yugoslavia, from/
with Bulgaria, on 6 Apr. 1941 and forced the 
continental Greek Forces to capitulate 3 weeks 
later.
A scarce medal.

FULL SIZE

WW2 1939 1945

Item 100% original - ribbon original

Condition as on the photos
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