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Live auction - fme_689784 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF NAPLES - FERDINAND IV Médaille, Mérites militaires, Guerre contre Napoléon Ier

ITALY - KINGDOM OF NAPLES - FERDINAND IV Médaille, Mérites militaires, Guerre contre Napoléon Ier AU
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Estimate : 800 €
Price : 460 €
Maximum bid : 480 €
End of the sale : 07 September 2021 19:03:46
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Médaille, Mérites militaires, Guerre contre Napoléon Ier
Date: 1797
Metal : silver
Diameter : 35,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 20,66 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Belle patine grise hétérogène, légèrement irisée à l’avers. Traces de colle dans le champ à l’avers. Petite usure sur certains hauts reliefs. Traces d’un ancien nettoyage dans les champs du revers
Catalogue references :
Ricciardi 56  - D’Auria 57

Obverse


Obverse legend : FERDINANDUS IV UTRIUSQ. SICILIAE REX P. F. A..
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé, drapé et coiffé d’un casque à plumes.

Reverse


Reverse legend : MILITIBUS BENE DE REGE AC PATRIA MERITIS // À L’EXERGUE : AE. V. A. / MDCCXCVII.
Reverse description : Allégorie féminine drapée à l’antique coiffant d’une couronne de laurier un guerrier cuirassé et casqué, tenant une lance et un bouclier.
Reverse translation : Aux soldats pour mérites envers le Roi et la Patrie.

Commentary


Cet exemplaire était remis pour récompenser des actes de vaillance militaire.

Historical background


ITALY - KINGDOM OF NAPLES - FERDINAND IV

(1759-1825)

Born in Naples on January 12, 1751, Ferdinand IV was the son of Charles de Bourbon and Marie-Amélie Walburge de Saxe. He is King of Sicily (peninsular) under the name of Ferdinand IV from 1759 to 1799 then, after a short interlude, from 1799 to 1806, and again from 1815 to 1816, King of Sicily (island) under the name of Ferdinand III , from 1759 to 1816 and finally, King of the Two Sicilies from 1816 to 1825. He died in Naples on January 4, 1825.

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