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The Badge of the 1940–1943 War Period the
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Liberation War Badge, which recognized World War II service to the Kingdom of Italy after it switched sides and joined the Allies, and in 1959 Presidential Decree Number 399 also transformed that badge into a medal, the
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835:Brambilla, Alessandro (1997).
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