The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Liberation of Rome in 1849 Commemorative Medal. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: Crossed bundles of sticks, containing axe heads, behind a shield having a diagonal bar Dexter with 'S.P.Q.R.' Above a she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, and two oak leaf branches at the base. Reverse: The inscription 'ROMA RIVENDICATA AI SUOI LIBERATORI' on four lines, a five pointed star above and an oak leaf wreath around the circumference. The medal is fitted with a loose ring suspender and a piece of 37 mm ribbon that has six magenta and five yellow stripes of equal widths.
Awarded in 1870 to the Italian army veterans that liberated Rome in 1849. This medal is part of a collection assembled by the late Hon. Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It was presented to the Memorial in memory of his son, Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916 and his grandson, Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on active service while flying in the Northern Territory on 3 October 1942.
Baden Commemorative Medal 1849. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: A sword between two palm leaves in the shape of a wreath. Reverse: In the centre of a laurel wreath the words 'DEN TAPFEREN BEFREIUNGS HEER
Italian 1848 Independence Commemorative Medal. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: In the centre a she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus surrounded by the inscription 'BENEMERITO DELLA PATRIA' with oak and lau
German Commemorative Medal 1903. Obverse: A fluted column with a square base and a figure of a winged victory holding a wreath on the top. In the background are oak trees and a row of houses surrounde
Saxony Cross 1849. A gilt bronze cross pattee with a stippled finish to the field and a plain raised edge. Obverse: A central monogram 'AP' within a wreath of half olive and half oak leaves incorporat
Italian Bene Merenti Medal. Obverse: In the centre a shield with S.P.Q.R. on a diagonal bar, surmounted by a crown and surrounded with a laurel wreath. The inscription 'ALMAE VERIS GOSS * BENE MERENTI
Liberation of Fiume Medal. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: A Roman eagle standard with three arms holding daggers on each side of the base. The inscription 'HIC. MANE BIMVS. OPTIME' on two lines across th
