Italy, Kingdom. A Birth of Emmanuel Philibert & the 10th Anniversary of Victory Medal 1928
Item #EU15032
$51
In bronze, obverse illustrating a winged angel with the Italian shield on her chest, holding a downward-pointing sword in her left hand and holding a laurel branch over her head in her right hand, inscribed "CELEBRAZIONI" above the City of Turin coat of arms and the engraver's initials to the left, inscribed "TORINESI 1928" above a Fascist coat-of-arms to the right, engraver marked "SACCHINI MILANO", reverse illustrating a knight on horseback drawing his sword from its scabbard, a First War soldier walking along side the knight and horse, carrying a staff over his right shoulder bearing the "SPQR" insignia, inscribed "TORINO 1928" and engraver signed "Sacchini" at the left, a castle wall below inscribed "IV° CENTENARIO EMANVELE FILIBERTO / X° ANNIVERSARIO DELLA VITTORIA", engraver marked "SACCHINI - MILANO", measuring 50.5 mm in diameter, light contact, near extremely fine.
Footnote: Emmanuel Philibert (July 8, 1528 - August 30, 1580), also known as "Ironhead" because of his military career, was Duke of Savoy from 1553 to 1580.