Allied Victory Medal (Italy)

The Allied Victory Medal (Italian: Medaglia interalleata della vittoria or Medaglia della vittoria commemorativa della grande guerra per la civiltà) was the Italian variant of the Victory Medal of other nations. It was established by royal decree number 1918 on 16 December 1920, which granted it to all who had been awarded the "fatiche di guerra" distinction by royal decree number 641 of 21 May 1916, or who had served for four months in an area under the jurisdiction of the armed forces and who had been mobilised and directly worked with the operational army.

Allied Victory Medal Medaglia interalleata della vittoria
Obverse and reverse of the medal
Awarded by  Kingdom of Italy
Type	Campaign medal
Eligibility	Italian officers and soldiers
Awarded for	Service in World War I
Campaign(s)	World War I
Status	No longer awarded
Statistics
Established	16 December 1920
Total awarded	Approximately 2,000,000
Ribbon bar of the medal

A public competition to design it was won by Gaetano Orsolini, with his design of 'Victory on a triumphal chariot, with the torch of liberty, drawn by four yoked lions'.

Bibliography

• Alexander J. Laslo, The Interallied Victory Medals of World War I, 2nd revised edition, Albuquerque, Dorado Publishing, 1992. ISBN 0-9617320-1-6