The Colonial Order Of The Star Of Italy; Knight's Badge Archive Soviet Union Medal for Distinguished

Soviet Union Medal for Distinguished Labour - Silver with red enamels

Rorke with a strength of 13 officers and 259 other ranks

Deployment area - canal coast

that his trade was that of a Labourer and that he had had five years previous military experience as a member of the 17th Regiment in England

French hallmarks on reverse

The Colonial Order Of The Star Of Italy; Knight's Badge Archive Soviet Union Medal for DistinguishedThe Colonial Order of the Star of Italy; Knight's Badge Knight, marked 800 on ring, in silver gilt & enamels, 34. 3mm x 36. 7mm, flawless enamels, EF. Footnote: The order was instituted on January 18, 1914, to recognize meritorious conduct in the Italian colonies and was awarded particularly to members of the indigenous populations, as well as to Italians. Italy had sought colonies in Eritrea and Somalia in the 1880s and 1890s and invaded Tripoli on