Albanian Commemorative Medal taken to retreat southwards, through the mountains of Albania toward the Adriatic coast. From there, the Army was transported to safety on the Greek island of Corfu. King Petar I and Prince-Regent Aleksandar I shared the terrible ordeal of their Army. Albanian Commemorative Medal The Commemorative Medal for the withdrawal of the Serbian army through Albania (), known as the Albanian Commemorative Medal (Албанска споменица) is a single-classed military medal awarded to all Serbian military personnel and civilians who retreated through Albania in the winter of 1915/16 during World War I. It was instituted on 5 April 1920 by the
Albanian Regiment (France) that had resettled in the islands after losing conflicts against Ali Pasha in the Pashalik of Yanina and another one that comprised 500 Greeks. After the French army took over the administration of the area the Albanians were enrolled as the Albanian Regiment () and the Greek refugees as the Battalion of Greek Infantry Skirmishers () sometimes known as the Indigenous Battalion of Ionian Islands () and after the enrollment of Albanian refugees also as the Pandours of Albania (). In the Albanian Regiment later local Greeks, Italian and Dalmatians would be recruited but the desired total number of 3,254