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€ 1.500 - 2.000
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€ 800
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At auction on Friday 26 June 2026 at 15:00
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crystal
25cm
Commemorative vase in amber/yellow-gold crystal, with a non-agonal base, a truncated cone shape that widens towards the top , entirely decorated with engravings reproducing inscriptions and medallions relating to ITALO BALBO
Height approximately 25cm, in perfect condition
25cm
Commemorative vase in amber/yellow-gold crystal, with a non-agonal base, a truncated cone shape that widens towards the top , entirely decorated with engravings reproducing inscriptions and medallions relating to ITALO BALBO
Vase made to celebrate the first anniversary of the Air Marshal's death, in very few examples if not unique, to be given to illustrious political or military figures of the time (there is no certain data on this matter)
The vase features the same designs by Publio Morbiducci used in the creation of the medal commemorating the death of Balbus (see other lot in this auction) On the front of the vase we find an oval medallion with a portrait of the profile of Italo Balbo, accompanied at the bottom by the inscription: " ITALO BALBO " and in the upper register: " 28 GIUGNO / XIX " (date of the first anniversary of Balbo's death: 28 June 1941 = Year XIX EF);
On the other side of the vase we have a medallion with a winged horse, in the upper register " QUADRUMVIRO DELLA RIVOLUZIONE " and in the lower register : " MARESCALLO DELL'ARIA "
Height approximately 25cm, in perfect condition
ITALO BALBO was among the most charismatic figures of Italian Fascism: Quadrumvir of the March on Rome (1922), founder of the Italian Air Force (Minister of the Air Force 1929-1933), protagonist of the famous transatlantic cruises (1930-1931 South America; 1933 Chicago), Governor of Libya (1933-1940). He died on 28 June 1940, shot down by friendly fire over Tobruk during the Second World War.
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