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Exhibition Medal Exposition of Electricity And Serious Industry, Italy, 1899
Inventory Number: 72905
Date: Dated 1899
Maker Details: Unknown
Inscription: "ESPOSIZIONE / ELETTRICITA / INDUSTRIA SERICA / COMO / MDCCCXCIX / ONORANZEA / VOLTA / NEL 1o CENTENARIO / DELLA PILA" on obverse. "TESSERA / DI RICONOSCIMENTO / PER IL SIG. Marconi / Cav. Guglielmo" on reverse.
Size: 75 mm (in width) x 60 mm (in length)
Materials: Aluminium
Other Given Number(s): Christie's 972.
Notes:
Exhibition Medal Exposition of Electricity And Serious Industry: aluminium rectangular medal awarded to Marconi in recognition of his work, at the Exposition of Electricity and Serious Industry held in Como in 1899. Face of the medal includes a portrait of 'Volta' and reverse includes the engraving 'Marconi Cav. G'. Previously catalogued with a collection of other medallions (Inv. Num.s 34377, 40508, 53696).
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