File:1906 Silver Medal Milan International Exhibition.jpg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file(1,580 × 777 pixels, file size: 285 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary[edit]

File information
Description

Diameter = 44 mm. 43.17 g Ag

Medallion for the opening of the Milan International Exhibition 28 April 1906 until 31 October, and the Simplon Railway Tunnel on 19 May 1906.

Simplon Tunnel from the Italian Side (South Portal) with the finished east shaft and workers still by the west shaft. i line in the centre: "MILANO", 4 lines in exergue: "ESPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE MILANO 1906 MOSTRA ORTICOLA INTERNAZIONALE"/ Naked worker r. holding hammer (labour) looking at woman l. with hand in book (science), 3 lines l. above: "LABOR SCIENTIÆ AVXILIO GLORIAM CONSEQVITVR". Forrer VII, p. 481 and p. 356

Medallist:

Giannino (Castiglioni), 1884 Milan - 1971 Lierna, Como, Italy @ S. (Stabilimento Stefano) Johnson

Condition: EXTREMELY FINE, with an old patina

Source

I personally took this photo from the original medal

Date

24 December 2013

Author

Berlin-George

Permission
(Reusing this file)

See below.


Other information

The original medallion was sold to the public in 1906

Licensing[edit]

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current23:57, 29 December 2013Thumbnail for version as of 23:57, 29 December 20131,580 × 777 (285 KB)Berlin-George (talk | contribs)Uploading a self-made file using File Upload Wizard
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

Metadata