Italy, Republic. A Lot of Five Medals Hold The 22nd was the only

The 22nd was the only active French-speaking infantry battalion on the war front to serve in the Canadian Corps

An extensive lot of 32 Stalag VIII-C POW camp correspondence from incarcerated Serbian soldier Stojan Đurđević

and 1939 Iron Cross II Class ribbon

featuring a white enamel cross with a gilt five point star in the center of the cross and a ball finial at each end of each arm

the reverse presents a central inscription BENE MERENTI surrounded by a raised laurel wreath

Italy, Republic. A Lot of Five Medals Hold The 22nd was the onlyA March on Rome Medal, bronze, full size, replacement ribbon, dark patina across half of the medal, very fine. An Italy War Medal, bronze, full size, replacement ribbon, very fine. An Unofficial Commemorative Medal of the War 1940 1943, bronze, replacemebt ribbon with 1943 clasp, very fine. A Fascist Youth Opera Nazionale Balilla Cross of Merit, silvered with enamels, full size, original ribbon, light wear, very fine. An Italian National Security