April 5, 2024
WW1 RARE Silver Commemorative Medal Earthquake 1908 Calabria & Sicily Italy WWI
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WW1 RARE Silver CommemorativeMedal Earthquake of 1908 in Calabria and Sicily Italia WWI. (Medaglia Commemorativa del Terremoto del 1908 in Calabria e Sicilia, argente) by the Regio Zecca Up for auction, this Rare and nice circular silver medal with laterally-pierced loop for ribbon suspension, The face with the head of King Vittorio Emanuele III facing left circumscribed ‘VITTORIO EMANUELE III RE D’ITALIA’ (Victor Emanuel III King of Italy), signed ‘L. GIORGI’. The reverse inscribed ‘MEDAGLIA / COMMEMORATIVA / TERREMOTO / CALABRO-SICULO/ 28 DICEMBRE / 1908’ (Commemorative Medal Calabrian-Sicilian Earthquake 28 December 1908) within an oak wreath. Some contact marks; on original ribbon, the face age-faded. The medal was instituted on 6 May 1909 for those who participated in the initial relief of the earthquake of 28 December 1908, and was awarded to recognise significant contributions to the subsequent relief work. The earthquake was the deadliest in European history with more than 100,000 deaths. It occurred at 5.20am and thus almost the entire population was indoors where the risk from collapsing buildings was greatest. However, the epicentre was in the Straits of Messina between Sicily and the Italian mainland and a deadly tidal wave (tsunami) some 12 metres (40 feet) high swept ashore into the cities of Messina in Sicily and
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