Venice - Reigning Victor Emmanuel III (1900-...

Venice - Reigning Victor Emmanuel III (1900-1946) Medal 1912 Redevelopment of St. Mark's bell tower, opus G. Moretti designed, Saroldi and A. Cappuccio engraved - D/ IL VOTO E' COMPIVTO - XXV APRIL MCMXII, view of bell tower between domes of St. Mark's Basilica, on sides COM'ERA - WHERE'ERA, below Lion of St. Mark toward right , between laurel branches R/ View of loggia of Campanile; below within plaque, between two female figures, decorated with festoons below: IN THE DAY OF THE ROVINE / THE COMMONWEALTH / VOTE / THE REHABILITATION / JULY XIV MCMII, on the outer frame of the plaque G. MORETTI DIS. - S. JOHNSON; at bottom below festoons E. SAROLDI MOD. - A. HOOD INC. - Ag 129.35 g 70.9 mm - In original case with biglettino of provenance declaring the donation of the medal by H.H. Pius X to his great-granddaughter Cesarina Mercuri Marsigli.