Italy, Kingdom. A Century Of Progress Chicago World's Fair Italian Exhibition Medal 1933 Hold Wittneben was a Lieutenant of

Wittneben was a Lieutenant of the Reserve at the end of the First World War

measuring 50 mm (h) x 44 mm (w)

marked for Wilhelm Deumer on the lid interior

His three brothers would also enlist for overseas service during the First World War: George enlisting at Montreal with the 21st Infantry Battalion

Italy, Kingdom. A Century Of Progress Chicago World's Fair Italian Exhibition Medal 1933 Hold Wittneben was a Lieutenant ofin bronze gilt, obverse illustrating a robed woman, with her left arm raised to the sky, her right arm lowered and pointing away, a blazing sun at the far right, raised pillars in the background, engraver marked "JOHNSON" below her left foot, inscribed "A CENTVRY OF PROGRESS" at the left, "CHICAGO" at the right and dated in Roman numerals "MCMXXXIII" (1933) below, reverse illustrating a nude man walking in stride to the left, holding a large fasces on