Italy, Kingdom. A City of Rome Silver Grade Merit Medal
In silver, obverse illustrating a she-wolf nursing and sheltering the infants Romulus and Remus after they were abandoned, standing upon a pedestal bearing the Latin inscription "S.P.Q.R" ("Senātus Populusque Rōmānus" = "The Senate and People of Rome"), reverse inscribed "AL MERITO" within an open-ended wreath of oak leaves and acorns, measuring 30.3 mm in diameter, edge nicks, bruised, contact marks, without ribbon, very fine.

