WW2 ITALIAN & GERMAN NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL BY LORIOLI OF MILAN and the design is intended

and the design is intended both for defense an as a tool for cutting "fascines"

This specimen is in great condition

Photo cards were a way to promote Nazi propaganda while appeasing Hitler and increasing sales in the face of public wariness of tobacco

To the reverse is a 50mm long rifled pin and

This is one variation of the Lion head sword called the “Jawless" or "Half-lion head" where the lion has no lower jaw

WW2 ITALIAN & GERMAN NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL BY LORIOLI OF MILAN and the design is intendedCircular Kriegsmetall zinc alloy medal with integral loop for ribbon suspension; the face with the Arco dei Fileni monument centrally, the Italian fasces to the left, the German swastika to the right, the knot of Savoy below, circumscribed CAMPAGNA ITALO TEDESCA IN AFRICA ITALIENISCH DEUTSCHER FELDZUG IN AFRICA, laurel leaves at the top, oak leaves at the base; the reverse with two armored soldiers forcing open the jaws of a crocodile in allegory of