Albania, Italian Occupation. An Order Of Skanderbeg, V Class, Knight, C.1941 Hold Aquired directly from the soldiers

Aquired directly from the soldiers Family living in Canada

The first page contains an inscription by the author

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Ontario

the French Legion of Honour

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Albania, Italian Occupation. An Order Of Skanderbeg, V Class, Knight, C.1941 Hold Aquired directly from the soldiersUrdhri i Sknderbeut. Instituted in 1925. Type II (1940 1944) (AKA Order of Scanderbeg). In bronze gilt with red, blue and green enamels, type II (1940 1944) with fasces and "FERT", measuring 35. 5 mm (w) x 43 mm (h), intact enamels, scattered gilt wear on the obverse, gilt flaking on the cartouche on the reverse, original ribbon, better than very fine. Footnote: The Order of Skanderbeg was founded in 1925 by Ahmed ben Zogu, the then President of