Commemorative Medal of the Spanish Campaign

Did You Know?

• The Italian Republic abolished the medal with Presidential Decree Number 248 on 13 December 2010.
• The medal's ribbon includes two black lines symbolizing Italian fascism.

Eligibiity

Eligibility extended to personnel of the Corpo Truppe Volontarie who served at least three months in operational units in Spain. Members of the Regia Aeronautica who completed at least three flight actions with the Aviazione Legionaria qualified. Regia Marina personnel who served at least three months aboard ship in support of the intervention were eligible. Italian volunteers of the Tercio de Extranjeros who served in Spain for at least three months also qualified, as did merchant mariners and airline employees who provided services connected to the intervention.

Appearance

The medal is a bronze disc 33 mm in diameter with a hook attachment. Its obverse shows a naked knight brandishing a sword and riding a horse that tramples a serpent and a hammer and sickle; a winged victory leads the horse, holding a laurel wreath. The reverse depicts a slight relief of the Iberian Peninsula and the tip of Ceuta, with the inscription 'Guerra Por La Liberation Y Unidad De Espagna 17 Julio 1936' superimposed on the peninsula. Above the inscription is the head of a winged medusa; below it is the symbol of the Kingdom of Spain, consisting of the royal coat of arms between the Pillars of Hercules wrapped in a cartouche. The 37 mm ribbon has seven vertical lines: two 3 mm black lines on the edges, and between them five lines—three 6 mm red alternating with two 6.5 mm yellow—in the colors of the flag of Spain.