ITALY, KINGDOM. MEDAL FOR THE INDEPENDENCE AND UNIFICATION OF ITALY 1865, WITH ‘1856’ CLASP

Italy. Medal for the Independence and Unification of Italy, silver (Medaglia per l’Indipendenza e l’Unita d’Italia, d'argento), 1865, with ‘1856’ clasp.

The Medal was created in 1865 for those who participated in the wars of 1859 to 1865, first against Austria and then the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, together with other smaller conflicts. By 1865 Italian unification had encompassed all of Italy except Venetia, still held by Austria, and the Papal States, including Rome,