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piece obverse design : soldier, wounded Italian, his head bandaged by a nursing sister who kneels beside him. In the background, left,
Italian infantry advance from left to right and, right, field guns in action
piece obverse text : "E LA PIETA' CHE L'VOMO ALL'VOM PIV' DEVE" (upper edge)
piece reverse design : shield, bearing a red enamel Geneva cross on white enamel background. The shield is flanked by rifle muzzles,
bayonets attached, against a background of massed clouds. The shield rests on foliate decoration and an inscribed tablet
piece reverse text : "CROCE ROSSA +ITALIANA+ 24 MAGGIO 1915" (in 4 lines on tablet)
Association - event: Italy declared war against Austria-Hungary 23 May 1915 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Weapons Italian Front & 24/5/1915 IT.O & Red Cross commemorative | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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