ITALY MEDALS

1993 ITALY - 5 ECU, European Economic Community. Official medal in .986 silver, proof, struck by the Italian State Printing Works and Mint, in its original packaging with a certificate of authenticity (No. 02726) - Lotto/M30105

1911  ITALIA REGNO - Medaglia  in bronzo del Touring Club Italiano Gr.9,8 mm.27 " Il Touring Club Italiano conta i suoi centomila nell'anno a te sacro o Patria.....Avanti ! - Ottima conservazione - Lotto/M30122

1911 KINGDOM OF ITALY - Silver medal, 12.00 g, 30 mm. Obverse: MDCCCLXI - MCMXI, with the legend "under the aegis of the House of Savoy, Italy celebrates fifty years of the Kingdom". Reverse: the International Exhibition of Industry and Labour, Turin. By S. Johnson. Excellent condition - Lotto/M30129

Medal of 1928, Year VI, opus A. Vecchi. Bronze, 18 g, 36 mm. The Lion of Venice with the gospel; around it the legend "tenth anniversary of the Victory, MCMXXVIII, Year VI". Reverse: "the glory and wealth of Italy", with a symbolic figure of a craftsman holding the tools of his trade bound together in a fasces. Engraved by A. Vecchi and A. Gentilini - Lotto/M30132

A rare and prized medal for the Simplon Tunnel, a tribute to the men who built it. Italy, 1906; publisher Johnson (S.); chief engraver Ricci (F.) after Riser; 34.0 mm; bronze. OBVERSE: on the right, two women in antique dress personify Switzerland and Italy, both turned to the left, where the portal of the tunnel is seen with a train running into it. Italy, her brow crowned, has her right arm outstretched, scattering flowers as the train passes; Switzerland, her hair loose over her shoulders, holds a palm in her left hand and rests her right on a shield bearing her arms. Below, in a decorated cartouche: SIMPLON | M. 19803. The upper part shows a vault; on the keystone we read BRANDT | BRANDAU | LOCHER | SULSER, the letters in outline, the name Brandt repeated twice. On the face of the arch is a lively working party: on the left, excavators; on the right, miners boring a hole. Between them the inscription INGENIUM | ET MANUS | PERFODERUNT | ME. In the exergue, overflowing into the centre, the long-haired and bearded head of an old man personifying the spirit of the mountain; at the left MDCCCIIC, at the right MDCCCIV. Lower left: PROF. RISER; lower right, in outline characters: F. RICCI Scult. Catalogue: Moyaux 372; Dory Kubinszky 181 - Lotto/M30135

1911 KINGDOM OF ITALY - Medal for the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, signed Motti - Morbiducci/Colucci. Bronze, 38 mm, 27.00 g. Excellent condition - Lotto/M30136

1915 KINGDOM OF ITALY - Bronze medal, 19 g, 34 mm. Obverse: the effigy of Cesare Battisti; around the rim the line "they thought to put a noose about him and did not see that it was a halo"; at the centre, "Cesare Battisti, with the 168 men of Trento, enlisted in this district on 28 May MCMXV". Reverse: the Biscione and the words "Distretto di Milano". Very attractive and uncommon - Lotto/M30137

1929/30  ITALIA REGNO - Medaglia in bronzo Gr. 6,7 mm. 24 La Comunita' Artigiani Calzolai anno VIII° era fascista stemma con fascio e 2 martelli - Ottima conservazione Fdc. - Lotto/M30143

1947 MILANO - Medaglia in bronzo Gr.13 mm. 32 - Dritto: Ars et Labor - Retro incisione: Esposizione Artigiana Calzolai Fiera Campionaria Milano 1947 organizzata dalla U.R.I.C. - Donzelli inc. - Lotto/30145

1918  ITALIA REGNO - Insieme di due medaglie di bronzo Gr.5 e Gr.4,7 con l'effigie di Woodrow Wilson presidente degli Stati Uniti e Premio Nobel per la pace - Dritto: effigie del Presidente sul retro di una delle due " Per la Pce dell'Umanita' " l'altra " Anno 1915" - Lotto/M30149

1933  ITALIA REGNO - Medaglia in rame Gr.7,4 - mm.25  - Dritto: Drago con in bocca un bambino " MUT - INV - MEDIOLANI - A - XI ". Retro: Cavaliere con spada " TIBI - BONUS - FAUSTUSQUE - MCMXXXIII - Ottima conservazione - Lotto/M30150

An exceptional medal, HENRICUS IIII D.C. FRANCORUM ET NAVA REX 1604. Superb condition, 76 g, 58 mm. A faithful reproduction in bronze made in 1984, not an original of the period - Lotto/M30186

1984 - Religious medal, Rome, 25 November 1984, in honour of the priest Daniel Brottier, proclaimed Blessed in 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Superb condition, 87 g, 60 mm - Lotto/M30187

1848-1918 ITALIA REGNO - Medaglia Unita' d'Italia " Ass. Naz. Madri e vedove dei Caduti - Discreta conservazione - Lotto/M30622