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75th Anniversary 10c postage stamp (1974). The VFW resulted from the amalgamation of several societies formed immediately following the Spanish–American War.In 1899, little groups of veterans returning from campaigning in Cuba and the Philippine Islands, founded local societies upon a spirit of comradeship known only to those who faced the dangers of that war side by side.
The French forces occupying Malta expelled the Knights Hospitaller from the country. [29] During the seventeen years that separated the seizure of Malta and the General Peace, "the formality of electing a brother Chief to discharge the office of Grand Master, and thus to preserve the vitality of the Sovereign Institute, was duty attended to".
The Supreme Court of Cassation decreed on 6 June 1974 that, "the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Malta constitutes a sovereign international subject, in all terms equal, even if without territory, to a foreign state with which Italy has normal diplomatic relations, so there is no doubt, as already this Supreme Court has warned, that it ...
The Corps of Volunteer Nurses of the ACISMOM (Italian: Corpo delle infermiere volontarie dell'ACISMOM) is an exclusively female unit of the Military Corps of the ACISMOM, and an auxiliary unit of the Italian Army. The unit was formed in 1940 and was made up of a director and 40 nurses who were ladies of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
The Corps operated in the Italo-Turkish war and in the two world wars, as a "special military body and auxiliary of the Italian Army". The Corps provides support with a field hospital and two SMOM hospital trains , operating both in peacekeeping missions alongside the military and in the national territory on the occasion of disasters and ...
Salvatore Gaffiero (8 March 1828 - 8 December 1906) was a Maltese prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Malta from 1899 until his death in 1906. Early days
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The Armed Forces of Malta (Maltese: Forzi Armati ta' Malta) is the name given to the combined armed services of Malta. The AFM is a brigade sized organisation consisting of a headquarters and three separate battalions , with minimal air and naval forces.