Certificato al Patriota
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The Certificato al Patriota was awarded to partisans of the Italian Resistance after the Second World War . The deed is also known as the Alexander patent . The name is derived from Field Marshal Harold Alexander , the Commander in Chief of the Allied Forces in Italy . For the first time, this award went to the partisan Nello Iacchini , who saved the lives of Marshal and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 26, 1944 during a visit to Italy.
Among the recipients of the certificate was General Raffaele Cadorna the Younger , (son of Marshal Luigi Cadorna ), one of the commanders of the Italian resistance movement against the German occupiers in northern Italy after 1943.
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On behalf of the governments and peoples of the United Nations, we thank [NAME] for fighting the enemy on the battlefield among the ranks of the partisans and in the service of the homeland. He carried arms for freedom and acted in open combat and acts of sabotage. With their courage, the Italian patriots contributed not only to the liberation of Italy, but of all people. In the newly founded state of Italy, this recipient of the award, who fought for honor and freedom, has great respect. HR Alexander, Field Marshal, Supreme Allied Commander in Chief Mediterranean Region.