An Italian 24Th Infantry Division Gran Sasso (Later Pinerolo) Sleeve Badge Hold cover printed in black ink

cover printed in black ink on the front on a cream-coloured card stock

The document is signed in blue crayon by Major General and Division Commander Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma

sun clasp on original ribbon with pinback

Upon completing of his Middle East service

I rejoined the remnant of out Regiment

An Italian 24Th Infantry Division Gran Sasso (Later Pinerolo) Sleeve Badge Hold cover printed in black inkBronze gilt with black paint, unmarked, 48. 7 mm x 61. 8 mm, die holes at all three points for uniform attachment, gilt wear and fine scattered chipping evident in the black paint, better than very fine. Footnote: After the end of the First World War, the Pinerolo Brigade moved to Abruzzo and was garrisoned in the city of Chieti. In 1926, the brigade gained the 255th Infantry Regiment Arezzo and changed its name to XXIV Infantry Brigade. Along with