ITALY, KINGDOM. GREAT WAR CASUALTY AND DISABLED MEDALS.
Italy. Medal for the Unification of Italy (Medaglia a Ricordo dell’Unità d’Italia), 1848-1918, for the Mothers and Widows of the Fallen, official version by Mario Nelli - C. Rivalta / Casa Benvenuto Cellini
The Medal was instituted on 19 January 1922 and awarded to combatants in the war of 1915 to 1918 since it was regarded as the final phase of the Risorgimento (the unification of Italy) begun in 1848.
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£120 - £180
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This rare version was produced to acknowledge those
killed in action and awarded to both their mothers and their widows. A number of versions are known by different
makers; this is the official version.
Italy. Medal of the National Association of the War
Disabled (Medaglia dell’AssociazioneNazionale Mutilati ed Invalidi di Guerra),
1934
The Medal was
instituted in 1934 by the National Association of the War Disabled which was
founded on 29 April 1917. It is rare.
