Please note the following description is a translation from Italian to English written on the inside of the information card. Also comes with the original blue velvet pouch. Medal of Art
CARABINIERI PROTECTS ARTISTIC HERITAGE
1969 - 1999
Rome
To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the constitution of the
CARABINIERI PROTECTS THE HERITAGE OF ARTISTS.
CO - 1969 - 1999. the command has entrusted to the Publisher
G.R. Study of Rome the editorial coordination for the realization of an art medal artistic project of the medalist sculptor Luciano Zanelli.
Description of the medal:
RECTO: The artist interpreted the heraldics of the Carabinieti Tutela Patrimonio Artistico representing the Pantheon in an ideal reconstruction of the same, overlooking this significant historical monument of Imperial Rome is the dragon (with a hundred eyes) mythical protector of the arts and bombards it with flame, frieze and emblem of the Arma dei Carabinieri. These three
Elements together constitute the significant heraldry
Of the T.P.A.
TOWARDS: The other side of the coin has been made giving the surface of the same an artistically modern form as opposed to iconography
Classic of the recto. In the upper part of the meda-Glia, resting on a central cylinder. the official heraldy of the Carabinieri. In the legend of the medal, on an inclined plane, the inscription
"CARABI-NIERI TUTELA ARTISTIC HERITAGE", to the right and left of the heraldic shield the dates
1969 -
1999 contained between two stars.
Technical characteristics of the medal
Alloy
Diameter 65mm.
Br/Silver 65mm.
165gr.
Silver 800%/o
65mm.
180gr.