Italy, Kingdom. A National Security Volunteer Militia's Long Service Cross, East Africa Campaign Auction Brooklyn Medal Group to Thomas

Brooklyn Medal Group to Thomas Maddock - Navy West Indies Campaign Medal (bronze

After serving in WWI

trumpet and manuscript decorated with a wreath in the centre

Dated to Bückeburg on May 23

issue number “115253”

Italy, Kingdom. A National Security Volunteer Militia's Long Service Cross, East Africa Campaign Auction Brooklyn Medal Group to Thomas(Croce di anzianit di servizio per la milizia volontaria per la sicurezza nazionale). Instituted in 1933. Ten Years' Service, with Bronze Gladius for the East Africa Campaign. In bronze, the obverse centrepiece inscribed with the initials "MVSN" (Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale = National Security Volunteer Militia, popularly referred to as the 'Blackshirts'), the reverse centrepiece inscribed "DIECI ANNI (Ten Years), measuring 38. 5 mm