the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch
inscribed in Latin "AEDEM IOACHIMIN ORBIS CATHOLICVS / SVMMO PARENTI D D" above and "XI KAL MART / MDCCCXCII" below
dates 1613-1913 on the ribbon below
over a field of white-enamel
in five grades: originally Knight Grand Cross
Italy, Kingdom. A City Of Rome Silver Grade Merit Medal Newly Listed the reverse with a crimpedIn silver, obverse illustrating a she wolf nursing and sheltering the infants Romulus and Remus after they were abandoned, standing upon a pedestal bearing the Latin inscription "S. P. Q. R" ("Sentus Populusque Rmnus" = "The Senate and People of Rome"), reverse inscribed "AL MERITO" within an open ended wreath of oak leaves and acorns, measuring 30. 3 mm in diameter, edge nicks, bruised, contact marks, without ribbon, very fine.