An 1849 Medal For The Siege Of Rome Hold 1944 and disembarking in France

1944 and disembarking in France on the 18th

A Rare Macedonian VMRO Freedom or Death Merit Badge

version with wreath in silvered zinc

Commander's Cross

letter from RASC Records Department (confirming that he had been Mentioned in Despatches

An 1849 Medal For The Siege Of Rome Hold 1944 and disembarking in FranceAn 1849 Medal for the Siege of Rome Bronze, 31. 8 mm, light contact, extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was created by Pope Pius IX to reward the 9,000 French troops under General Oudinot who restored Rome to him. In February 1849, a revolutionary mob led by Garibaldi and Mazzini seized power in Rome and proclaimed a Roman Republic. The Pope slipped out of Rome and called upon Catholic states to intervene. First was France whose Expeditionary Force