Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown of Italy, Officer’s Cross with Miniature Buy Now measuring 258 mm (w) x

measuring 258 mm (w) x 400 mm (h)

50-inch Browning machine gun

Thomas is listed on page 165 of the "Canada General Service Medal Roll

bearing a central machine-embroidered silver-grey inscription of “AFRIKA” (with the second “A” missing a horizontal line)

he returned to England and was discharged from active service on April 19

Italy, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown of Italy, Officer’s Cross with Miniature Buy Now measuring 258 mm (w) xInstituted in 1868. Cross in white enamel linked with gold rope, obverse centre shows a band with Italian beaded colours, reverse shows Savoy cross imposed on a black eagle with gold background, neck ribbon divided into three bands, inclusive of loop 53 mm (h) x 37. 9 m m (w), fine condition. Miniature with rosette, 26. 2 mm (h) x 18. 6 mm (w), evidence of chipping on obverse lateral cross arms, very fine condition. Housed in original case, very fine