World War I
He achieved the rank of colonel at an extremely young age (he is still considered one of the youngest Italians ever to have held this rank except for the member of the royal family). Originally stationed in Libya by the outbreak of the war, he was serving on the Trento front in 1916. He saw action at the battle of Asiago and later was decorated with DSO personally by Winston Churchill for his services to the Allies in World War I. He would later be awarded by Hitler with the Iron Cross.
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