Italy, Kingdom. A Medal For The Italian Independence Wars & Unification, Canzani Archive with a cloth fabric exterior

with a cloth fabric exterior

2nd Class with Clasp for Two Years of Unbroken Service at the Front (bronze

secured in place with nine protruding rivets

faint engraver mark on the obverse

Correspondence from the Windsor Archives relating to the Institution of the Distinguished Service Order) and three Indexes (Names

Italy, Kingdom. A Medal For The Italian Independence Wars & Unification, Canzani Archive with a cloth fabric exterior1 Clasp 1866, for the War with Austria. In silver, engraver marked "CANZANI" on the obverse, measuring 31. 8 mm in diameter, original ribbon, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: The Medal for the Italian Independence Wars and Unification was instituted on March 4, 1865 by Royal Decree No. 2174 and awarded to those who took part in war campaigns for the independence of Italy. This medal replaced all other previously granted medals, except the Crimea,