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Italy, Kingdom. A Century of Progress Chicago World's Fair Italian Exhibition Medal 1933

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Italy, Kingdom. A Century of Progress Chicago World's Fair Italian Exhibition Medal 1933

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Italy, Kingdom. A Century of Progress Chicago World's Fair Italian Exhibition Medal 1933

in bronze gilt, obverse illustrating a robed woman, with her left arm raised to the sky, her right arm lowered and pointing away, a blazing sun at the far right, raised pillars in the background, engraver marked "JOHNSON" below her left foot, inscribed "A CENTVRY OF PROGRESS" at the left, "CHICAGO" at the right and dated in Roman numerals "MCMXXXIII" (1933) below, reverse illustrating a nude man walking in stride to the left, holding a large fasces on his right shoulder, with a large feathered wing in the background, engraver marked "NAGNI", inscribed "MOSTRA" at the left, "ITALIANA" at the right and "A XI E F" below, measuring 35 mm in diameter, scattered gilt wear, original ribbon with pinback, better than very fine.

Footnote: A Century of Progress International Exposition was a World's Fair registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), which was held in Chicago, as The Chicago World's Fair, from 1933 to 1934, to celebrate the city's centennial. The theme of the fair was technological innovation. The fair's motto was "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Adapts". Its architectural symbol was the Sky Ride, a transporter bridge perpendicular to the shore on which one could ride from one side of the fair to the other. One description of the fair noted that the world, "then still mired in the malaise of the Great Depression, could glimpse a happier not-too-distant future, all driven by innovation in science and technology." Fair visitors saw the latest wonders in rail travel, automobiles, architecture and cigarette-smoking robots.