Papal medal on the defense of Vicenza

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Title (Dublin Core)

Papal medal on the defense of Vicenza

Description (Dublin Core)

Medal mint by the municipality of Rome in 1848 for the roman citizens volunteering with papal troops of general Durando at Vicenza, against the Austrian Imperial army. The obverse bears the crowned coat of arm of the city of Rome encircled with a cross-tied oak wreath. Inscriptions:
Obverse: ALME VRBIS COSS. BENEMERENTI.
Reverse: PVGNA STRENVE/ AD VICETIAM/ PVGNATA/ IV EIDVS IVNIAS/ MDCCCXLVIII.
The medal is suspended from a half red half yellow ribbon.

Type (Dublin Core)

en Medal

Subject (Dublin Core)

Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core)

Date (Dublin Core)

1848

Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core)

Medium (Dublin Core)

Mint bronze

Extent (Dublin Core)

3,24 cm (D)

Publisher (Dublin Core)

License (Dublin Core)

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Lucia Pigozzo

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