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Medal - Conquest of Tripoli and Bengasi
| Location | Italy |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Period | 20th century |
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| Obverse description | Allegorical full-length figure of Italy personified as a triumphant woman, partially draped, striding forward through breaking waves with a flag raised aloft in her right hand and a staff in her left. Warships are depicted in the background to the right amid smoke and turbulent seas. The Latin legend appears in the upper right field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large Italian warship depicted in high relief, steaming to the right through choppy seas with smoke rising from its funnels. Above the ship, five battle locations are named in the field. Below, a rectangular tablet bears a four-line poetic inscription in Italian, with the poet's name MARRADI and the engraver's signature M. NELLI INC. in the lower field. |
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