


Medal, commemorating the opening of the railway from Susa to Brindisi, 24 May 1865. Bronze; 71mm diameter. Obverse: Italia stands beside harbour and railway line, holding laurel wreath; left, locomotive chugging along; shipping and rising sun in seascape. legend, Da Susa a Brindisi. Chili 1156. Italian inscription around edge. Reverse: legend, 24 Maggio 1865. Vittorio Emanuele II ...