Salvo D'ACQUISTO (15 October 1920 - 23 September 1943) Deputy Brigadier of the Carabinieri; awarded the Gold Medal for Military Valor. Commemorative stamp issued by the Italian Post Office for the heroic sacrifice made in Palidoro on 23 September 1943 when; to avoid the shooting of 22 hostages in a specious reprisal; he took the blame for a non-existent attack in front of the Nazi occupiers. Drawing by Silvano Campeggi from an original by Vittorio Pisani; nominal value 100 lire; rotogravure IPS Rome; Italy; issued on 23 September 1975