Italy, Kingdom. A City Of Rome Merit Medal Auction on the 15th of April

on the 15th of April 1902

58 mm long pin

Saarlautern) on the reverse

and Order of Merits for the People with Silver Rays

Italy, Kingdom. A City Of Rome Merit Medal Auction on the 15th of AprilIn bronze, obverse illustrating a she wolf nursing and sheltering the infants Romulus and Remus after they were abandoned, standing upon a pedestal bearing the Latin inscription "S. P. Q. R" ("Sentus Populusque Rmnus" = "The Senate and People of Rome"), reverse inscribed "AL MERITO" within an open ended wreath of oak leaves and acorns, measuring 30. 5 mm in diameter, edge nicks, bruised, spotting, original ribbon, very fine. This offering is a part of