ALLA MEMORIA DEL TENENTE LEOPOLDO PELLAS, DECORATO DI MEDAGLIA D’ORO AL VALOR MILITARE, NATO A PERUGIA ILI GENNAIO 1897

PER PROFONDA COSCIENZA DEL DOVERE, PER ALTO SPIRITO DI VENDETTA CONTRO IL NEMICO CHE GLI AVEVA UCCISO IL FRATELLO, CAPITANO DEI GRANATIERI, ATTACCAVA FRA I PRIMI, BENCHÉ FERITO, E INCALZAVA L’AVVERSARIO; E PROSEGUENDO QUINDI CON FULGIDO VALORE NELL’ARDITA E FORTUNATA AZIONE ASSALTAVA SUCCESSIVAMENTE TRE LINEE INFLIGGENDO AL NEMICO GRAVI PERDITE E FACENDO DEL PRIGIONIERI. RAGGIUNTO L’ULTIMO OBBIETTIVO CON MIRABILE TENACIA SI SLANCIAVA ANCORA AVANTI CIRCONDATO DAGLI AVVERSARI, RIFIUTAVA DI ARRENDERSI E SI DIFENDEVA CON STRAORDINARIA COSTANZA E CON MAGNIFICO EROISMO FINO ALLA MORTE, IMPONENDOSI ALL’AMMIRAZIONE DELLO STESSO NEMICO CHE DUE GIORNI DOPO PER MEZZO DI UN MESSAGGIO LANCIATO DA UN VELIVOLO ANNUN GIÓ DI AVER FATTO SEPPELLIRE CON GLI ONORI MILITARI IL VALOROSO CADUTO.
"CAPOSILE 26 MAGGIO 1918"

A CURA DEL PATRIO MUNICIPIO
IL XXX OTTOBRE MCMXXIII

On the sign located near the place where Leopold Pellas was born, the story of his heroism in the battle on the Piave River is described, a battle in which the Italians defeated the Austro-Hungarian forces. For his part in this battle, in which he died, he was awarded a gold medal for military service" (Medaglia d’oro al valor militare)

The house was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT LEOPOLDO PELLAS, DECORATED WITH THE GOLD MEDAL FOR MILITARY VALOR, BORN IN PERUGIA ON JANUARY 1897

DUE TO A DEEP CONSCIOUSNESS OF DUTY, AND A HIGH SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE AGAINST THE ENEMY WHO HAD KILLED HIS BROTHER, CAPTAIN OF THE GRANADIERS, HE ATTACKED AMONG THE FIRST, EVEN THOUGH WOUNDED, AND PRESSURED THE OPPONENT; AND THEN CONTINUING WITH SHINING VALOR IN THE BOLD AND SUCCESSFUL ACTION HE SUBSEQUENTLY ASSAULTED THREE LINES, INFLICTING HEAVY LOSSES ON THE ENEMY AND TAKING SOME PRISONERS. HAVE REACHED THE LAST OBJECTIVE WITH WONDERFUL TENACITY HE STILL FORWARD SURROUNDED BY HIS OPPONENTS, HE REFUSED TO SURRENDER AND DEFENDED HIMSELF WITH EXTRAORDINARY CONSTANCY AND MAGNIFICENT HEROISM UNTIL DEATH, AWARDING HIMSELF THE ADMIRATION OF THE ENEMY SAME WHO TWO DAYS LATER BY MEANS OF A MESSAGE LAUNCHED FROM AN AIRCRAFT ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD THE BRAVE FALLEN BURIED WITH MILITARY HONOURS.

"DIED 26 MAY 1918"

EDITED BY THE PATRIO MUNICIPIO
ON 30 OCTOBER 1923