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Plaquette - Fiume Enterprise

Location Italy
Year 1919
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Composition Bronze
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Obverse description Within a circular sunken field, a facing bust of Gabriele D'Annunzio slightly turned to the left, depicted in high relief with characteristic bald head and small mustache. A engraver's signature is visible in the left field. The legend G. D'ANNUNZIO appears in raised letters along the lower margin of the rectangular plaquette.
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Reverse description The plain field bears a diagonal two-line inscription in raised letters reading '...Eja, Eja, Eja / Alalà!' — D'Annunzio's famous battle cry associated with the Fiume enterprise — arranged diagonally across the reverse in a bold, informal script.
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