The identification tag of the alpine soldier Giulio Comincioli, found in the mud of a Polish camp, is set to return home after more than 80 years. The soldier, born in 1915 and who passed away in 2008, was captured after September 8, 1943, and his identification plate was discovered by historian Stefan Marcinkiewicz near the Bogusze-Prostki prisoner of war camp, which operated from 1941 to 1945. The handover of the tag to his grandchildren will take place on Lago di Garda, marking a new chapter in a family history that had remained unknown until now.
Alessandro Comincioli, the grandson of the alpine rifleman, learned about the discovery through social media and expressed his surprise, as neither he nor any other family members were aware of their grandfather’s capture. Giulio Comincioli, originally from the village of Sasso in Gargnano, was captured at the Italo-Austrian border and deported to Poland. After the war, he worked as a bricklayer until his retirement. Alessandro has already initiated the necessary procedures to bring the tag home, where it can finally be preserved with dignity by the family.
