Italy - Kingdom of: Inter-Allied Victory Medal 1914-1918, Italian issue, obverse unsigned and without makers mark, this being the Official 4th Type with the 1st Type obverse and reverse. Scarcer.
Condition: Good Very Fine.
The idea of an inter-allied medal to commemorate victory in what was termed ‘The Great War for Civilisation’ is credited to the French Field-Marshal Foch. It was agreed that each of the Allies should issue a medal to their nationals featuring a figure representing ‘Victory’ on the front and have a symmetric double rainbow ribbon with red, the colour of courage and sacrifice at the centre, representing the colours of the allies flags and presenting an allegory of calm after storm. The medal was awarded to all Italian participants in World War I. A number of both official and unofficial versions are known; that by Johnson is known as the ‘Official Type 2’.
