Italian airmen decorated by Marshal de Bono at Farewell review ._x000D_
Just before he handed over the supreme command of the Italian forces in Abyssinia to Marshal Badoglio , Marshal de Bono decorated eight airmen , including Count Ciano , Mussolini ' s son in law , at the Armara Military Aerodrome ._x000D_
They received a silver medal for valour . A gold medal was awarded posthumousky to Sergeant Dalmazio Birago , who died from wounds received in a bombing raid .At the conclusion of the ceremony Marshal de Bono made a farewell review of the airmen ._x000D_
Photo shows , the march past Marshal de Bono at the conclusion of the ceremony . Planes of the Disperate ( Desperate ) Squadron are in the background . _x000D_
3 December 1935
- Place Discussed
- Ethiopia 03/12/1935
- Published in
- Ethiopia
- Reference
- https://www.topfoto.co.uk/asset/3049174
- Rights URI
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Source
- Europeana https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2024904/https___www_topfoto_co_uk_asset_3049174