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Circular bronze medal, the loop for ribbon suspension now broken; the face with the head of an Alpine soldier facing forwards, signed ‘E. BARONI’ (for the great Art Deco sculptor and medallist Eugenio Baroni 1880-1935); the reverse with the Lanterna di Genova, the sea beyond, a shooting star travelling from right to left, maker’s mark ‘S. JOHNSON’ (for Stefano Johnson of Milan) below, circumscribed ‘XII ADUNATA ANNUALE DEL 10° ALPINI . GENOVA 20 APRILE 1931 . IX’.
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