Object data
cardboard, leather, velours and silk
height 7.3 cm × width 7.4 cm × depth 1.4 cm
Luigi Arnaud
France, Italy, 1871
Inscriptions
- inscription, on the box: AL DIPARTIMENTO / DELLA MARINA DI OLANDA
Entry
Silver medal with recto in profile the head of king Victor Emanuel II of Italy, and on verso inscriptions in a border with trophies, foliage and other decorations. The medal has a red leather octagonal case (NG-MC-1376-A) with an inscription in gold.
The Department of the Navy received this medal for its participation in the 1871 Esposizione Internazionale d’Industrie Marittime in Naples.1
Citation
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