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Crociera Aerea commemorative medal [object]

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

November, 1933.

Reference:

R13159-5-6-E

Type of material:

Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3637441

Context of this record:

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Miscellaneous heraldry objects, flags, emblems and related material

Crociera Aerea commemorative medal
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

November, 1933.

Place:

Italy:

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 medal : bronze ; 121.81 gr
Support 60.000 x mm

Scope and content:

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Item is a medal commemorating Balbo's flight from Rome to New York and Chicago to Rome in 1933 via the northern route. The design features a representation of the Colosseum, the skyline of New York and Chicago, and a polar bear. Miniature airplanes are around the edge.

Provenance:

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Unknown

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General note:

Copy negatives available: C-82430, C-82431.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: .CROCIERA AEREA DEL DECENNALE. / ROMA- CHICAGO NEW- YORK- ROMA / R. MORBIDVCCI, Inscription: reverse: REDIT ITALIA / PER AETHERA / MVSSOLINI DVCE / BALBO / DVCTORE / .MCMXXXIII. XI., Inscription: edge: no inscription, Inscription: attachment: no attachment

Container note(s):

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C-082431 : obverse
C-082430 : reverse
Subject heading:

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commemoration

portrait architecture
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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00001M
1946-001 X PIC
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Object

[Consultation90 Open]

Medals

[Consultation 90 Open]

5217 Item no. assigned by LAC 1M

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative C-082430--C-082431

[Consultation 90 Open]

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No restrictions on use. Copyright unknown. Credit: Library and Archives Canada.

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