{"product_id":"ww2-british-commemorative-medal-for-the-entry-to-naples-1943-8th-army","title":"WW2 British Commemorative Medal for the Entry to Naples, 1943 – 8th Army","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eCommemorative Medal for the Entry to Naples, 1943 – 8th Army\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eA scarce and appealing example of the \u003cb\u003eCommemorative Medal for the Entry to Naples, 1943\u003c\/b\u003e, an unofficial but highly evocative wartime souvenir struck to mark the liberation of Naples by elements of the British \u003cb\u003e8th Army\u003c\/b\u003e in October 1943. These privately-produced medals were available only locally in Italy, issued in very limited numbers to troops who took part in, or were present shortly after, the city’s liberation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eThe medal was created to celebrate the moment Allied forces—principally units of \u003cb\u003eMontgomery’s 8th Army\u003c\/b\u003e, advancing north after the success at Salerno—entered Naples following the city’s own uprising against German occupation. British forces arrived to find the Partigiani already engaged in fierce street fighting; the fall of Naples became one of the first major urban liberations in the Italian Campaign. These medals were produced almost immediately afterwards by local workshops, making them both period-made and historically significant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eA rare opportunity to acquire an original wartime-produced medal marking one of the defining early moments of the Italian Campaign.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAJMS Medals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AJMS Medals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52877766656346,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/9850\/1466\/files\/20251126_131158.png?v=1764339374","url":"https:\/\/ajms-medals.com\/products\/ww2-british-commemorative-medal-for-the-entry-to-naples-1943-8th-army","provider":"AJMS Medals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}