He was wounded while leading a bayonet charge on Austro-Hungarian positions on the hill of Santa Lucia, near Tolmin, for which he was awarded a Silver Medal of Military Valor.

From 10 March to 31 December 1917 he was in command of the 3rd Battalion of the 253rd Infantry Regiment, receiving another Silver Medal of Military Valor for his behaviour at the head of his troops in the fighting near Gorizia.

After promotion to colonel on 1 January 1936, he commanded the 231st Infantry Regiment "Avellino" until 15 October 1937, when he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Army Corps of Bolzano, with headquarters in Meran, contribution to the organization and mobilization of the units of the Corpo Truppe Volontarie that would fight in the Spanish Civil War.

During his captivity he repeatedly refused proposals to join the Italian Social Republic; his health quickly deteriorated and on 16 October he was hospitalized in the infirmary of Wolsztyn, where his illness kept worsening until he died on the night of 22 November 1944.

For having kept to his oath and refusing to collaborate with the Nazis and Fascists, at the cost of his life, he was posthumously awarded a third silver medal of military valor.