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Italy. The Italo-Turkish War Medal 1911–1912 (in Italian Medaglia commemorativa della guerra italo-turca 1911-1912) is a decoration of the Kingdom of Italy created to commemorate military participation in the war against the Ottoman Empire.
With the mark of the sculptor L. Giorgi.
The Italo-Turkish War (1911–1912) pitted Italy against the Ottoman Empire for control of territories in North Africa.
As a result, Italy occupied:
Tripolitania
Cyrenaica
Fezzan
These territories would later form Italian Libya.
It was a brief but significant colonial war, as it consolidated Italian expansion in Africa and anticipated certain military aspects later seen in the First World War (such as the use of aviation).
Italian medal.
