Austria. Breach Of Italian Alliance Medal By Hugo Bendorff Archive Spanish Civil War Campaign Award

Spanish Civil War Campaign Award - Blackened bronze

marked L/12

number engraved "1991" on the obverse of the loop suspension

he had already been promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer

reverse presenting two connected orbs surrounded by the inscription EL REY Y LA PATRIA (King and Fatherland)

Austria. Breach Of Italian Alliance Medal By Hugo Bendorff Archive Spanish Civil War Campaign AwardIn bronze, bearing a depiction of Judas kissing the cheek of Jesus Christ, with reverse bearing inscription Dem Erzverraeter Aus Dem Hause Savoyen (translation: The Arch Traitor From the House of Savoy) a criticism of Italys declaration of neutrality during the First World War and their refusal to support Germany and Austria Hungary at the start of the First World War despite their agreement from the triple alliance in 1882.