The Silver Medal of Military Valor is an Italian medal for gallantry.
Francesco de Martini was an Italian officer of the Military Information Service in Eritrea, when the Allies invaded Italian East Africa during World War II. He enlisted as a private in the Royal Italian Army in 1923, and left active service as brigadier general and the most decorated soldier of the Royal Italian Army during World War II.
The War Cross for Military Valor is an Italian order for military valor. Established in 1922, the cross may be awarded only in time of war.
The Gold Medal of Military Valor is an Italian medal established on 21 May 1793 by King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia for deeds of outstanding gallantry in war by junior officers and soldiers.
The Medal of Military Valor is an Italian medal, originally established as a Sardinian award. It is awarded to military personnel, units above the level of company, and civilians for exceptional valor in the face of the enemy.
Alessandro Guidoni served as a general in the Regia Aeronautica. Guidonia Montecelio, the small town and comune where he died while testing a new parachute, was named after him in 1937.
Leonardo Ferrulli was an ace of the Regia Aeronautica, and a recipient of the Medaglia d'Oro al Valor Militare. He was credited with 22 air victories, one during the Spanish Civil War and 21 during World War II. He shot down Hurricanes, P-40s, P-38 Lightnings, Spitfires and B-17s, flying Fiat C.R.42 biplanes and Macchi C.200/202 monoplanes. His unit was 91a Squadriglia, 10° Gruppo, from 4° Stormo, one of the top-scoring fighter units of Regia Aeronautica.
Guido Fibbia was an Italian Second World War fighter pilot in the Regia Aeronautica and in the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana. He was credited with 9 enemy planes shot down flying with biplanes Fiat C.R.32, Fiat C.R.42 and monoplanes Macchi C.200, C.202, C.205, Fiat G.50, G.55 and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109. He was decorated with two Silver Medal of Military Valor, one Bronze Medal of Military Valor, one Croce di Guerra and one German Iron Cross 2nd Class.
The Gruppo Sportivo della Marina Militare is the sport section of the Italian armed force, Italian Navy.
Domenico Millelire, pseudonym of Domenico Leoni, was an Italian patriot, and officer of Regia Marina Sarda. He is recognised to have gained the first Gold Medal of Military Valor in Italian history. Millelire gave the first defeat to Napoleon Bonaparte.
The Italian honours system is a means to reward achievements or service to the Italian Republic, formerly the Kingdom of Italy, including the Italian Social Republic.
Mario Aramu was an Italian aviator.
Umberto Klinger was an aviator, Italian politician and entrepreneur.
The awards for Civil Valor are the honors the Italian Republic grants in order to "reward acts of exceptional courage that clearly manifest civic virtue and to recognize the recipients as worthy of public honor". Individual citizens can receive the award, and it can also be bestowed collectively on all members of a military department or all residents of a municipality, city, or province when they have knowingly exposed their life to manifest danger.
The Medal of Aeronautic Valor is an Italian medal awarded "for acts and enterprises of singular courage and skill aboard an aircraft in flight." Instituted in 1927, it is awarded at three levels: Gold, Silver and Bronze. The medal may be conferred on both Italian and foreign persons and entities and on both civilians and members of the Italian armed forces. It can also be awarded posthumously.
Andrea Adorno is an Italian Army soldier, recipient of the Gold Medal for Military Honour. He is the first Italian officer to receive the medal while still serving in the military.
The Commemorative Medal of the War Period 1940–43 is a decoration awarded by the Italian Republic to personnel who served in the Italian Armed Forces or certain civilian entities of the Government of Italy during Fascist Italy's participation in World War II on the side of the Axis powers between 1940 and 1943. It originated in 1941 as Fascist Italy's Badge of the 1940–1943 War Period, which the Italian Republic replaced with an identical badge of the same name in 1948. In turn, the Commemorative Medal of the War Period 1940–43 replaced the Badge of the 1940–1943 War Period in 1959.
The Cross for Length of Military Service is a military medal created by the Kingdom of Italy which then passed to the Italian Republic. Created in 1900 and updated or reformed in 1953, 1966, 1972, and 2010, it is a seniority award which recognizes lengthy honorable service in the Italian armed forces.
The Medal of Merit for the Avezzano Earthquake of 1915 was a medal established by the Kingdom of Italy in 1915 to recognize service in support of relief efforts related to the 1915 Avezzano earthquake. In 1916, a certificate of honorable mention was established to recognize relief service in connection with the earthquake which did not rise to a level meeting the criteria for the medal itself.
The Commemorative Medal of the Fiume Expedition was a decoration granted by the Kingdom of Italy to personnel who took part in the Italian seizure and occupation of Fiume after World War I. It originated in 1919 as the Commemorative Medal of the Ronchi March, a decoration of the Italian Regency of Carnaro, and was adopted by the Kingdom of Italy in 1926.
