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Hi Jeff, Thanks for your replies! After having trawled through a lot of Italian documentation and reviewing news articles regarding the recent awarding of medals to Italian WW2 veterans, it does appear clear that La Croce al Merito di Guerra WAS/IS awarded for "Partisan activity". A good...

Hi Jeff, Yes it appears that he was called up and then left in congedo illimitato, until being properly called up the following year. So, I guess his service actually starts in 1942 (he served all the way up until 8 September 1943) and then became a partisan leader all the way through until...

Hi Jeff, The medals are, as you firstly guessed, the 1940-1943 commemorative war medal, and the 1943-1945 commemorative war of liberation medal. My Uncle Gildo’s foglio matricolare states that he was first called up for the Leva and then placed on leave in 1941, and was then called up again...

Hi all, There are usually two initial dates on the Ruolo Matricolare and/or Atto di Servizio - the first is when they were called up for the Leva, and the second is when they were again called up and actually inducted into the relevant military service. In order to ensure the date clasps for...

Hi desantii, Although the photograph is of poor quality I believe that your Grandfather (#3) appears to be wearing a Pilots' or Observers' badge, as well as what may be two air force badges underneath his substantial riband (ribbon) bars. Furthermore, he appears to be in the uniform of the...

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I flew out of Italy in February just before the situation worsened - I was scheduled to return last week, but of course that didn’t happen. Unfortunately I don’t think we will be able to move for quite some time. I can only communicate with my family via the phone, but at least they’ve no major...

Ciao Maurizio, Apologies for my tardy reply - with our global situation this forum was the last thing on my mind. Now, with our quarantine situation, it appears that continuing with my research is the best option. As I posted earlier, without the complete Foglio Matricolare or Scheda di...

Good morning Maurizio, Thank you for your response. Unfortunately we don’t have many exact dates. On the 21 June 1939 our Uncle was posted to Genova, where he resided upon his eventual posting to North Africa. We do know that he was present in Casablanca, Morocco during the 29-30-31 of October...

Good afternoon to all, Our family are trying to pinpoint where exactly our Uncle fought during WW2. We have already received his Ruolo Matricolare, and after a year of constant research (including the services of a professional researcher here in Italy) it appears that our Uncle’s Foglio...

Good afternoon, Thanks Jeff and Bob for your kind words of support. Several days ago Il Giornale di Brescia published an article on our behalf in order to help spread the news of this theft. We hope someone will come forward with information. I would be pleased to share our Uncle’s citation...

Good morning all Comando Supremo users, Unfortunately my great-uncle’s Medaglia d’Argento al Valor Militare (Silver Medal of Military Valour) was stolen from our family home in Brescia, Italy within the last few months. We have contacted the primary military antique stores within the region...

I forgot to cite my source: http://xoomer.virgilio.it/ramius/Militaria/guardia_alla_frontiera_1940.html Kind regards, James

Hi Veltro2222, As a new member to this site I hope I may be of further assistance :-) As already stated by Jwsleser your Uncle was a part of the 330° Raggruppamento Artiglieria - Guardia alla Frontiera. This unit was headquartered in: Piazza Militare di Tripoli (Libya) as a part of the GAF's...