Historical and Art Medals

1905. ITALY. Centenary of the Birth of Giuseppe Mazzini, silver-plated bronze medal by P. Ferrea, bust left, reverse legend, 55mm, obverse badly scratched, fine; together with Alexander Ab Alex, c. 1840, bronze medal by V. Catenacci and A. Arnaud, 41mm, good very fine [2] (£30-40)

Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-72), Geneva-born politician, lawyer and publisher, lived at Lucca; Alexander Ab Alex (1461-1523), Neapolitan archaeologist. Of Catenacci, Forrer castigatingly wrote “His works are not worth recording…”