Italy, Kingdom. A Medal For The Libyan Campaign, Ii Bars, By L. Giorgi, C.1915 certificate_of_authenticity 56 mm (w) x 27

56 mm (w) x 27

Hawkins was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant while taking part in the Guadalcanal campaign in the Battle for the Solomons

that he was not married and that his trade was that of Baker

consisting of a white and red shoved with a mobile black swastika in the centre and two outward facing wheat stalks at a 45 degree angle hand stitched to the cap with black threading with an olive-green coloured threaded background

Accompanied by a copy of his Particulars of Recruit Drafted Under Military Service Act 1917 Paper

Italy, Kingdom. A Medal For The Libyan Campaign, Ii Bars, By L. Giorgi, C.1915 certificate_of_authenticity 56 mm (w) x 27(Medaglia Commemorativa della Campagne di Libia). Instituted 1913. Circular medal in silver, observe bears the right facing head portrait of Vittorio Emanuele III and VITTORIO EMANVELE III RE DITALIA (VITTORIO EMANVELE III KING OF ITALY) with the maker mark L. GIORGI stamped into the obverse under portrait, reverse bears LIBIA (LIBYA) surrounded by a laurel wreath tied at the bottom with a ribbon, measuring 32. 12 mm (w) x 35. 78 mm (h), on a ribbon