An Italian First War Balkan Campaign Cross Archive 1915 at the Toronto Recruiting

1915 at the Toronto Recruiting Station with the 95th Infantry Battalion (Queen's Own Rifles)

as both his parents were deceased (his father in 1932)

A 1914-1918 Lippe War Merit Cross (Kriegsverdienst Kreuz)

a large studio portrait

white enameled center

An Italian First War Balkan Campaign Cross Archive 1915 at the Toronto RecruitingAn Italian First War Balkan Campaign Cross Silvered bronze with white, black, gray and orange enamels, unmarked, 39. 5 x 39. 5 mm, intact enamels, silvering wear evident on the reverse, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: This cross was awarded to Italians serving in the Balkans (Macedonia, Albania) during the First World War. Scarce.