Commemorative gold medal to Colonel Siciliani, first quarter of the 20th century

34 mm

A beautiful handcrafted gold medal offered by veterans of the Great War residing in Brazil to Colonel Siciliani during his service at the Italian Embassy in Brazil as a military attaché. The medal features a polychrome enamel application with a small white swallowtail cross featuring a central disc with an Adrian helmet, symbol of the veterans' associations, and the inscription "La Colonia al veteran" (The Colony to the veteran). On the reverse, engraved with a burin, is the dedication "E i revet al colonne Domenico Siciliani, São Paulo, maggio 1924" (And the veterans to Colonel Domenico Siciliani, São Paulo, May 1924). Weight: 23 grams.

General Siciliani, in charge of drafting the war bulletins, was the material author of the Victory Bulletin of 4 November 1918