In 1912 he took part in the Italo-Turkish War as a Lieutenant in the Royal Italian Army, fighting in Libya and receiving a Bronze Medal of Military Valor.

During the First World War he rose to the rank of Major and was awarded another bronze medal for military valor in November 1918.

He participated in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and was assigned to the Governorate of Addis Ababa in 1936; in 1937 he received a Silver Medal of Military Valor for a successful operation against Ethiopian armed bands in Southern Dankalia, at the command of the Blackshirt Group "Barca".

After the Axis occupation of southern France, he was stationed in Toulon, at the command of the 2nd "M" Battalion Landing Group.

[13] As the Italian Social Republic collapsed in late April 1945, he was hosted for a few days in Milan by his nephew Salvatore Quasimodo, then left.