dating: Second quarter of the 20th Century provenance: Kingdom of Italy, Clasp with ten miniatures belonging to Lieutenant Colonel Amedeo Paradisi. Three aeronautical valour medals and another areonautical military medal; one silver military valour medal; knight's cross of S. Maurizio and Lazzaro; officer's cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy; medal for the march on Rome; bronze cross for war merit; bronze medal for '1915-18 War Volunteers'. This lot belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Amedeo Paradisi, a Royal Air Force pilot in the 205th Squadron, 41st Group of the 12th Bombardment Wing, known as the 'Sorci Verdi'. In 1937, flying a S.79 (SIAI-Marchetti S.M.79 Sparviero) with his colleague Cupini, they landed as the first pair in the Istres-Damascus-Paris race; another eloquent proof came in 1938, when Biseo was ordered to fly from Rome to Rio de Janeiro in only two stages, the general chose Paradisi as the second, on this occasion Captain Moscatelli supported Castellani and Bruno Mussolini had Lieutenant Mancinelli as his companion. The three 'Sorci Verdi' thus took to the air. I-BISE and I-BRUN, commanded by Biseo and Mussolini respectively, reached the shores of Rio de Janeiro. The demands of the war made it necessary for the Royal Air Force to carry out special long-distance flights, links with East Africa, propaganda raids and demonstration bombing missions; for one of these missions, a raid over Asmara was chosen by Paradisi (considered one of the best pilots of the time); He took off from Guidonia on 7 May 1942 and arrived over Asmara on 9 May, dropping propaganda posters; he then returned to Rome, but unfortunately the plane crashed due to an engine blockage; in the accident Paradisi lost a leg and had to give up his career as a pilot. He later became a manager at Alitalia. length 10.4 cm.