Medal, Commemorative Messina Earthquake
Description
An Italian Commemorative Messina Earthquake medal. The round silver metal features a left facing profile of King Victor Emanuel III . " VITTORIO EMANUELE III RE D'ITALIA" is marked around it. " MEDAGLIA COMMEMORATIVA / TERREMOTO CALABRO-SICULO 28 DICEMBRE 1908 " is marked within an oak wreath on the reverse.
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Production place
Subject person
Classification
Collection
Credit line
Medals
like
these
were
issued
to
everyone
who
helped
with
relief
operations
following
the
catastrophic
7.5
magnitude
earthquake
which
struck
the
Sicily
and
Calabria
area
of
Italy
on
28
December
1908.
This
medal
was
donated
to
Taranaki
Museum
as
part
of
a
large
collection
made
by
prominent
south
Taranaki
lawyer
John
Houston.
Accession number
A74.897
Collection type
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