A medal for the Athletic Games organised by General Carlo Geloso and the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces of Italy in Athens on 20th May 1942, in g
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A medal for the Athletic Games organised by General Carlo Geloso and the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces of Italy in Athens on 20th May 1942, in gilt-bronze, the obverse depicting the Greek Goddess of Victory Nike offering a laurel to a Roman soldier, the reverse inscribed in Italian language Comando Superiore FF AA Grecia Gare Atletiche, Atene Maggio 1942 XX, diameter 30mm., with medal ribbon Italy occupied the greater part of Greece from May 1941 until September 1943.