A 1849 Defense Of Rome Medal Auction embroidered in silvery-grey threads on

embroidered in silvery-grey threads on black cotton

inside lid with dedication to Oberstleutuant Franz Liebhard

on original ribbon and Commemorative Medal for the Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty: in bronze

later becoming a Sergeant

Robert Begg on Glasgow (later Kincardine)

A 1849 Defense Of Rome Medal Auction embroidered in silvery-grey threads onA 1849 Defense of Rome Medal in bronze, very crisp detail, 32. 5 mm, original ribbon, very fine condition. Footnote: During the Revolutionary War in Italy, Pope Pius IX was forced to leave Rome. French, Austrian, Spanish and other troops came to aid besieged Rome and restored the Pope in the Vatican.