Italy WWI RN Libia Cruiser Patriotic Medal 1912 by d'Agostini

Italy: WW1 Commemorative Medal for the Launch 
of the Cruiser R.N. Libia. 
With the motto: "Italy Holds the Sword of Ancient 
Rome". 
Bronze medal, signed by d'Agostini. 
R.N. Libia (Regia Nava Libia - Royal Ship Libya) 
was a protected cruiser, that had originally been 
laid down in 1907 for the Ottoman Navy.  
She was based on the Ottoman cruiser Hamidiye 
and was to be named Drama. 
The ship however, had not been completed by the 
outbreak of the Italo-Turkish War in 1911 and so 
she was seized by the Italian Regia Marina (Royal 
Navy), she was launched in 1912 and was 
completed in 1913. 
She participated in WW1 and was stationed for 
nearly 10 years in China. 
R.N. Libia was decommissioned in 1937.
A scarce medal.

FULL SIZE

World War 1 1914 -1918 

Item 100% original - ribbon original

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