ITALY: MEDAL FOR THE WAR AGAINT FASCISM 1940-43

. The Commemorative Medal of the War Period 1940–43 (Italian: Medaglia commemorativa del periodo bellico 1940-43) is a decoration awarded by the Italian Republic to personnel who served in the Italian Armed Forces or certain civilian entities of the Government of Italy during Fascist Italy's participation in World War II on the side of the Axis powers between 1940 and 1943. It originated in 1941 as Fascist Italy's Badge of the 1940–1943 War Period (Italian: Distintivo del periodo bellico 1940-43), which the Italian Republic replaced with an identical badge of the same name in 1948. In turn, the Commemorative Medal of the War Period 1940–43 replaced the Badge of the 1940–1943 War Period in 1959.