Only one certified at NGC or PCGS and the only example I can find in any auction archives or anywhere else for that matter. Acquired ungraded from an auction house in San Marino (like the Vatican, this tiny Republic is entirely engulfed within Italy).
PCGS Certification # 56115346
Fascist Era. 1922 medal in homage to Benito Mussolini for the formation of the government after the March on Rome.
Obv/ Head to left of the Duce with helmet; on the back, hallmark 750.
Reverse/ SIAM FATTI COSI ("This is how we are," or "That’s just how it is.") 29 7 1883 / 30 10 1922 in four lines. Casolari (Fulgore) I/1; Casolari 22. GOLD. 9.61 g. 25.5 mm. With hanger and ring. Traces of wear.
The medal bears two dates, the first of which is Mussolini's birth date, while the second is the date on which King Vittorio Emanuele III instructed Mussolini, after the March on Rome, to form the government.
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$2,200.00Price
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