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Medal Commemorative of the Marriage of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (later King Vittorio Emanuele III) and Princess Elena of Montenegro, 1896
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Medal Commemorative of the Marriage of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (later King Vittorio Emanuele III) and Princess Elena of Montenegro, 1896
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Circular matt silvered alloy medal with loop for ribbon suspension; the face with the head and shoulders portraits of Vittorio Emanuele and Elena facing left within a ring circumscribed ‘VITTORIO EM. PRINCIPE DI NAPOLI • ELENA PRINCIPESSA DI MONTENEGRO', a knot at the base; the reverse with an escutcheon bearing the arms of Savoy to the left partially imposed on an escutcheon bearing the arms of Montenegro to the right, two flaming torches beyond, inscribed to the right ‘NOZZE CELEBRATE IN ROMA MDCCCXCVI’ (Marriage celebrated in Rome 1896); on a replaced suspension ring and ribbon in the national colours of Italy. The medal was issued to mark the wedding in Rome on 24 October 1896 of Vittorio Emanuele, then Crown Prince of Italy, and Princess Elena of Montenegro. The couple became king and queen of Italy on 29 July 1900 on the death of his father King Umberto I. Vittorio Emanuele III reigned until 9 May 1946, having seen two World Wars and the rise and fall Fascist Italy under Benito Mussolini, and died in exile in Alexandria, Egypt on 28 December 1947. Elena was the daughter of Prince (later King) Nicholas of Montenegro. Born in 1873, she died in 1952 in Montpellier, France. She and Vittorio Emanuele had five children, including the future King Umberto II of Italy and Giovanna, Queen of Bulgaria. An interesting historic medal.

 
Medal Commemorative of the Marriage of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (later King Vittorio Emanuele III) and Princess Elena of Montenegro, 1896
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Medal Commemorative of the Marriage of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (later King Vittorio Emanuele III) and Princess Elena of Montenegro, 1896
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Medal Commemorative of the Marriage of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (later King Vittorio Emanuele III) and Princess Elena of Montenegro, 1896
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