Italy WWI RN Regina Elena Battleship Patriotic Medal 1907 by Johnson

Italy: WW1 Commemorative medal for the launch 
of the Battleship Regina Elena (Queen Elena). 
With the motto: "For the Country and the King". 
Dated 21 Apr. 1907 (the date the the ship was 
launched).
Signed SJ (Stefano Johnson).
The Regina Elena class was a group of four 
pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Italian 
Navy (Regia Marina) between 1901 and 1908. 
The class comprised of the Battleships: Regina 
Elena, Vittorio Emanuele, Roma, and Napoli. 
They were the fastest battleships in the world 
at the time of their commissioning, faster even 
than the British HMS Dreadnought.
RN Regina Elena participated in the Italo-Turkish 
War of 1911–1912 and saw action during the 
campaigns in North Africa, Rhodes and the 
Dodecanese. She served during WW1 but she 
saw no combat action. 
RN Regina Elena was decommissioned and 
broken up for scrap in 1927.
A scarce medal.

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1907 - pre World War 1 1914 -1918 

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