After Nice was annexed by France on November 18, 1860, Baudoin found a personal motivation to volunteer in the Royal Italian Army and was placed at the 19th Infantry Regiment.

He then participated in the Capture of Rome and around the same time, managed to rescue civilians from a fire at Grotte di Castro and for his service, was awarded the civil variant of the Silver Medal of Military Valor.

Assigned to the 2nd regiment of the 1st infantry brigade under General Giuseppe Arimondi on the morning of March 1, 1896, he reached the western ridge of Monte Raio at 9.30.

But after a short time, due to the withdrawal of the indigenous brigade of General Matteo Albertone, he found himself in a critical situation.

His medal citation reads: Undaunted on the slopes of Mount Raio, he commanded the IX battalion of Africa keeping it steady to fire against enormously superior forces until it was destroyed, informed that the other troops were retreating, he replied.