Commemorative Medal of the Fiume Expedition information
Italian military award
Award
Commemorative Medal of the Fiume Expedition
Medaglia commemorativa della spedizione di Fiume
The obverse of the medal.
Type
Commemorative medal
Awarded for
Service related to the Italian occupation of Fiume
Presented by
Italian Regency of Carnaro (1919–1920)
Free State of Fiume (1920–1924)
Kingdom of Italy (1926–1946)
Eligibility
Military personnel
Formerly called
Commemorative Medal of the Ronchi March (Medaglia commemorativa della marcia di Ronchi)
Established
September 1919 (unofficial)
31 January 1926 (official)
First awarded
1919
Total
11,165
Ribbon of the medal
Gabriele D'Annunzio in 1922.Gabriele d'Annunzio (center, with cane) and some of his "legionaries" at Fiume in 1919.
The Commemorative Medal of the Fiume Expedition (Italian: Medaglia commemorativa della spedizione di Fiume) was a decoration granted by the Kingdom of Italy to personnel who took part in the Italian seizure and occupation of Fiume (now Rijeka) after World War I. It originated in 1919 as the Commemorative Medal of the Ronchi March (Italian: Medaglia commemorativa della marcia di Ronchi), a decoration of the Italian Regency of Carnaro, and was adopted by the Kingdom of Italy in 1926.
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