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Opening of the train line from Genoa to Arona

Opening of the train line from Genoa to Arona - obverseOpening of the train line from Genoa to Arona - reverse

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Features

Location Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia (Italian States)
Król Victor Emmanuel II (1849-1861)
Type Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals
Year 1855
Composition Złoto plated brąz
Weight 94 g
Diameter 54 mm
Thickness 6 mm
Shape Okrągły
Technique Frezowana
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
154509
References Martini/Turricchia V.3# 1769
Rodolfo Martini, Arnaldo Turricchia, Rina La Guardia (ed.); 1999. Catalogo delle medaglie / V. Secoli XVIII-XIX. 3. Stati Ialiani (1815-1860): Regno di Sardegna. Regno Lombardo-Veneto. Ducato di Modena e Reggio. Ducato di Parma e Piacenza. Repubblica di San Marino. Granducato di Toscana. Regno delle Due Sicilie = Catalog of Medals. Comune di Milano, Settore Cultura Musei e Mostre.
, CRI Medagliere# 906
Giovanni Battista Camozzi Vertova, Cesare Correnti (ed.), Gaspare Gorresio (ed.); 1886. Catalogo degli oggetti esposti nel padiglione del Risorgimento Italiano / Parte I. Medagliere = Catalog of the Objects Exhibited in the Italian Unification Pavillion. Fratelli Dumolard, Milan, Italy.
, Moyaux# 325
Auguste Moyaux; 1910. Catalogue des Médailles Commémoratives de Chemins de Fer de tous les Pays = Catalogue of Commemorative Medals of Railways of all Countries. Charles Dupriez, Brussels, Belgium.

Commemorative issue

Otwarcie linii kolejowej z Genui do AronyAutomatically translated

Obverse

(en) View of the city of Arona with a train entering the main station and a steam boat on the Lago Maggiore.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
STRADA FERRATA DA GENOVA AD ARONA
G. EISEL
LEGGE 5 GIUGNO 1853

Engraver: G. Eisel

Reverse

(en) 8-line inscription above winged star.

Script: łaciński

Lettering: AL RE // VITTORIO EMANUELE II // A PIETRO PALEOCAPA // MINISTRO DE LAVORI PUBBLICI // A LUIGI TORELLI // DEPUTATO // ARONA RICONOSCENTE // MDCCCLV

Engraver: G. Eisel

Edge

ZwykłyAutomatically translated

Comments

(en)

Pietro Paleocapa was ministry of Public Works from 1848 to 1959 and Luigi Torelli was deputy from 1849 to 1857 by Arona electoral college.

Arona is a comune in Piedmont.


CV#1174

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1855  (en) MDCCCLV

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