Antonio Cieri

A founding member of the Arditi del Popolo, he fought and died during the Spanish Civil War.

During World War I, he received the Bronze Medal of Military Valor for his role in keeping alive the army telecommunications.

[1] He was an activist in the anarchist movement of Ancona, where he was employed by the State Railways as a technical designer.

There, during the Parma Barricades, in August 1922 together with Guido Picelli, who directed the entire anti-fascist formation, he was commander of the Arditi del Popolo in the defence of the Naviglio, a popular district of Parma, against the assaults of Italo Balbo's fascist squads.

In 1936, he left to participate in the Italian Section of the Ascaso Column for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War.