Vatican. A Leo Xiii (1878-1903) Benemerneti Medal, Bronze Grade, 3Rd Class, Type I, C.1878 Newly Listed scimitar-wielding hand and mobile swastika

scimitar-wielding hand and mobile swastika machine embroidered in silver-grey thread on the soft black wool

Oxley was torpedoed and sunk by the H

Born June 17

the Battalion was broken up and absorbed into the 109th and 116th Infantry Battalions and the 8th Reserve Battalion

this time to pension

Vatican. A Leo Xiii (1878-1903) Benemerneti Medal, Bronze Grade, 3Rd Class, Type I, C.1878 Newly Listed scimitar-wielding hand and mobile swastikaMedaglia Benemerenti. Instituted in 1878. In bronze, obverse illustrating the left facing bust of Pope Leo XIII, inscribed in in Latin "LEO XIII" to the left and "PONT MAX" to the right, engraver marked "F, BIANCHI.", reverse inscribed in Latin "BENE" over "MERENTI", measuring 29. 2 mm in diameter, bruised, edge nicks, accompanied by its period original ribbon, better than very fine.