Italian Medals

1989 ITALY - Calendar medal issued by the Italian State Printing Works and Mint. New, Fior di Conio, UNC (uncirculated), with its certificate - Lotto/M47946

1918/1968 ITALY - Fiftieth anniversary of the Victory. An official striking in .986 silver, issued under the patronage of the committee for the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the redemption of Trento and Trieste. Struck by the Italian Mint for Cocepa (the International Numismatic Centre). A trial piece, striking number 0250 - Lotto/M47752

- VATICAN - a small medal with the effigy of Pope Paul VI and of Saint Peter and Saint Paul - Lotto/M47515

1867 - VATICAN - a small medal, "Centenarium S.S.Petri et Pauli Apostolorum Pius IX" - Lotto/M47514

ITALY - Illustrious Men: a group of 4 small-module medals, Fior di Conio (uncirculated) - Dante, Leonardo, G. Verdi and C. Colombo - Lotto/47501

1975/1978 - A group of 3 silver-plated medals with the effigies of Pope Paul VI (Holy Year 1975), Pope Luciani (Sede Vacante) and Pope John Paul II - Lotto/M43542

1976 - ITALY - a commemorative medal of the Montreal Olympics - Lotto/M43065

ITALY - A silver medal, 3,7 g, on the theme of astronautics and the flight of man in space, Alan B. Shepard - a superb medal in Fondo Specchio (proof) - Lotto/M48247

1911 KINGDOM OF ITALY - Milan, a small medal, "Esposizione Igiene e Sports", handsome condition - Lotto/M32416

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

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

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

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

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

1911 KINGDOM OF ITALY - bronze medal of the Touring Club Italiano, 9.8 g, 27 mm, inscribed "Il Touring Club Italiano conta i suoi centomila nell'anno a te sacro o Patria.....Avanti !" (the Touring Club Italiano counts its hundred thousand members in the year sacred to you, o Fatherland..... Forward!) - very fine - Lotto/M30122

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

1929/30 KINGDOM OF ITALY - bronze medal, 6.7 g, 24 mm, "La Comunita' Artigiani Calzolai" (the guild of shoemaker craftsmen), year VIII of the Fascist era, arms with a fasces and 2 hammers - in excellent condition, FDC (uncirculated) - Lotto/M30143

1906 KINGDOM OF ITALY - small medal for the International Exposition, "Inaugurazione del Sempione" (the inauguration of the Simplon) - struck by S. Johnson - in handsome condition - Lotto/M32415

1975 SAN MARINO - Silver medal, "Antichi Sigilli" (ancient seals), 14.5 g, 30 mm. Fior di Conio, UNC (uncirculated) - Lotto/M32387