Italy, Kingdom. A Merit Medal For The Messina Earthquake, Ii Class Silver Grade, C.1910 Auction Archive board-mounted ribbon

board-mounted ribbon

printed on off-white colored velum

judging from the age of Czauderna

in turned stitched to a field-grey wool backer

indicating the lieutenant colonel rank

Italy, Kingdom. A Merit Medal For The Messina Earthquake, Ii Class Silver Grade, C.1910 Auction Archive board-mounted ribbonMedaglia di benemerenza per il terremoto. Instituted in 1909. Type III. In silver, hallmarked on the edge, type III with the inscription "VITTORIO EMANUELE III RE D'ITALIA", measuring 35. 3 mm in diameter, bruised, contact marks, on an original ribbon for the Commemorative Merit Medal for the Messina Earthquake that was instituted the following year, in 1910, fine.