During the First World War he commanded the 20th Sapper Company, fighting in the Second Battle of the Piave River, and in 1919 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy and transferred to the military engineering directorate of Verona.

The latter, the highest ranking officer in the area, initially decided to resist the Germans by joining forces with the Yugoslav partisans, but at the same time informed them he would not fight against the former allies.

On 11 September Becuzzi held a war council with his officers, suggesting to hand over all weapons to the Yugoslav partisans, abstain from fighting the Germans, and dissolve all Italian units in the area.

Obergruppenführer Karl Reichsritter von Oberkamp, commander of the "Prinz Eugen" Division, ordered that all Italian officers who had made common cause with the Yugoslav partisans were to be executed.

[11][12][13][14] Policardi was sentenced to death by a drumhead court-martial presided by Ritter von Oberkamp, and executed by firing squad near Sinj on 1 October 1943, along with Pelligra and Cigala Fulgosi.