page_title: Ernesto Burzagli
section_title: Early years
hierarchical_section_title: Ernesto Burzagli / Early years
caption_attribution_description: English: Japanese certificate that a medal honoring participation in battles (jugun kisho) had been presented to Lt. Ernesto Bruzagli. Jugun kisho is a medal given to a soldier who participated in battles in a war. The war in question was indeed the Russo-Japanese War. Rough translation of the body of the document follows: "A medal of honor (jugun kisho) is hereby given, on March 30, 1906, to Ernesto Bruzagli, Lieutenant of the Italian Navy, on application by the Naval Minister of Japan and with the Emperor's approval, pursuant to the Regulation Relating to the Medals Honoring Participation in Battles (1904-05). Dated April 1, 1906." "After review of this certificate, [the presentation to Lt. Bruzagli of the Medal] has been recorded on the Roll of Medals of Honor." Translated by Gewurz55 from japanese Wikipedia.
context_page_description: Ernesto Burzagli CB GCMM GOA was a prominent figure in the Kingdom of Italy during the early 20th century. During a lifetime career in the Italian Royal Navy, he rose to the rank of Admiral and Chief of Staff. In 1933, King Victor Emmanuel III appointed Burzagli as a Senator in Rome.
  Despite his life service to the state, Burzagli was arrested in 1944 after clashing with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Although he was released a short time later, Burzagli was forced to withdraw from public life.
context_section_description: Burzagli entered the Italian Naval Academy (Accademia Navale) in Leghorn (Livorno in Italian) in 1887; and he was commissioned as ensign in 1892.
  Burzagli was from a noble family of Montevarchi, but was born in Modena, as his father had relocated there to assume a position as a professor of physics at the Military Academy of Modena. Burzagli graduated from the Accademia Navale di Livorno in 1892, and after serving on a number of ships in the Royal Italian Navy, he was assigned as a military attaché to Tokyo, Japan in May 1904. He arrived just in time to become an official foreign observer of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Russo-Japanese War, and witnessed first-hand the naval bombardment of Port Arthur. After the end of the war, in April 1906, he was received by Emperor Meiji of Japan, and received the Order of the Rising Sun before his return to Italy.
caption: Japanese certificate acknowledging Burzagli's observer participation as Italian naval attaché serving with the Imperial Japanese Navy (1904-1906).
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