Italy. A Medal Of Merit For The Liberation Of Rome 1870 Buy Now maker marked "FREDERICO DA COSTA

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Italy. A Medal Of Merit For The Liberation Of Rome 1870 Buy Now maker marked "FREDERICO DA COSTAIn bronze, unmarked, measuring 32. 3 mm, original ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Medal of Merit for the Liberation of Rome was instituted on September 27, 1870 by the Provisional Government of Rome and awarded to those who took part in the defence and liberation of Rome from 1849 to 1870, the Italian troops marching into the city and annexed it into the united Italian Kingdom. In 1870, following the Franco Prussian War, France could no longer