medalman90 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I am very excited to finally have added these to the collection. The one on the left is for the mutilated in war badge. On the back it says "zecca", the royal mint. And the one on the right is another wound badge from the war invalid association. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Very nice to see some Italian "wound" badges... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medalman90 Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 Thanks Irish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claudio2574 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 These badges were used during WW2 also. There were also smaller badges without the name of the mint. Other badges were made after the end of the kingdom, in several sizes, very similar to the original design but the Savoia's coat of arms. R.I. stands for "Repubblica Italiana" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medalman90 Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Claudio. These are all excellent examples of the badge. Other than the RI example. I never knew of all the different variants. Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Lang Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Hello, I would like to note that these fine badges were not the military wound badges, but those indicating that a soldier was mutilated or remained invalid as a consequence of an injury received during a war. The royal italian armed forces' wound badges were gold and silver strips worn diagonally on the upper left arm of the tunic, resp. for wounds received in wartime or during active service/peacetime. E.L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Elmar, thanks for that clarification. I thought that would be the case - thus I put "wound" in quotes. A great thread to learn something new... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claudio2574 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Some more details. The badge was instituted on 21st may 1916, the "Gazzetta Ufficiale" published the Royal Decree on 2nd June. The badges, made of silver, were given for free to the recipients, together with a certificate. I don't have examples of these diplomas. There are several coins from the Zecca, having the years: 1915-16 1915-17 1915-18 (as the one in the first image) no dates The first two are the scarcest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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