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Italy, Kingdom. An Italy to Brazil Atlantic Ocean Crossing Medal

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Italy, Kingdom. An Italy to Brazil Atlantic Ocean Crossing Medal

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Italy, Kingdom. An Italy to Brazil Atlantic Ocean Crossing Medal

3rd Class, Bronze Grade, Type II with the Bust of Italo Balbo. In bronze, obverse illustrating three planes in flight over ocean waves, fasces flanked by "A" on the left and "IX" at the right below, reverse illustrating the left-facing bust of Italo Balbo in flying cap and goggles, inscribed "ITALO BALBO" immediately to his left, surrounded by the inscription "CROCIERA ATLANTICA ITALIANA / ITALIA-BRASILE", measuring 32.5 mm in diameter, original ribbon, near extremely fine.

Footnote: Italo Balbo (June 6, 1896 - June 28, 1940) was an Italian Blackshirt (Camicie Nere, or CCNN) leader who served as Italy's Marshal of the Air Force (Maresciallo dell'Aria), Governor-General of Libya, Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa (Africa Settentrionale Italiana, or ASI), and the "heir apparent" to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. After serving in the First World War, Balbo became the leading Fascist organizer in his home region of Ferrara. He was one of the four principal architects (Quadrumviri del Fascismo) of the March on Rome that brought Mussolini and the Fascists to power in 1922, along with Michele Bianchi, Emilio De Bono and Cesare Maria De Vecchi. In 1926, he began the task of building the Italian Royal Air Force and took a leading role in popularizing aviation in Italy, and promoting Italian aviation to the world. Balbo himself led some transatlantic flights. The first was the 1930 flight of twelve Savoia-Marchetti S.55 flying boats from Orbetello Airfield, Italy to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between December 17, 1930 and January 15, 1931. In 1933, perhaps to relieve tensions surrounding him in Italy, he was given the government of Italian Libya, where he resided for the remainder of his life. Balbo was the only leading Fascist to oppose both anti-Jewish racial laws and Mussolini's alliance with Nazi Germany. Early in the Second World War, he was killed by friendly fire, when his plane was shot down over Tobruk by Italian anti-aircraft guns.