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1859 Italian Campaign Commemorative Medal
FRANCE
(Médaille commémorative de la campagne d'Italie de 1859)
| Size of the Medal: | 30.80mm |
| Ribbon: | Blue with 5 black stripes. The ribbon belongs to the Italian Commemorative medal for the Volunteers in the 1935 - 1936 Campaign in the East Africa (in Abyssinia/Ethiopia against Haile Selassie). |
| Made of: | Silver medal signed "Barre". |
| Enamel: | NO |
| Creation: |
Instituted: 11 August 1859, for service in the Italian Campaign of 1859. |
| Description: | The Commemorative medal of the 1859 Italian Campaign, a work of Albert Désiré Barre, was a 30 mm in diameter circular silver medal. Its obverse bore the left profile of Emperor Napoleon III crowned with a laurel wreath surrounded by the relief inscription "NAPOLEON III" "EMPEREUR" (English: "NAPOLEON III" "EMPEROR"). A 4 mm wide relief laurel wreath ran along the entire circumference of both the obverse and reverse of the medal. On the reverse, within the laurel wreath, the circular relief inscription CAMPAGNE D'ITALIE 1859 (English: ITALIAN CAMPAIGN 1859). At the centre, the relief inscription on six lines of the campaign's major battles MONTEBELLO, PALESTRO, TURBIGO, MAGENTA, MARIGNAN, SOLFERINO. |
| Country of Origin: | France |
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| Condition: |
Very Good condition the condecoration, minor marks according with it age. The ribbon is in very good conditions, some small pinholes. |
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Sobre T392 - PP |
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