Italy. A Medal Of Merit For The Liberation Of Rome 1870 Buy Now with small chip in the

with small chip in the enamel on the obverse centrepiece

it was estimated that volunteers spent an average of ten hours a week fulfilling their Selective Service duties

with straps extending downward from the armpits

maker marked "FREDERICO DA COSTA LISBOA" on the reverse cartouche

he was posted five days later to the Royal Hospital Haslar in Gosport

Italy. A Medal Of Merit For The Liberation Of Rome 1870 Buy Now with small chip in theIn bronze, unmarked, measuring 32. 3 mm, original ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Medal of Merit for the Liberation of Rome was instituted on September 27, 1870 by the Provisional Government of Rome and awarded to those who took part in the defence and liberation of Rome from 1849 to 1870, the Italian troops marching into the city and annexed it into the united Italian Kingdom. In 1870, following the Franco Prussian War, France could no longer