An 1849 Medal For The Siege Of Rome Hold A Rare Macedonian VMRO Freedom

A Rare Macedonian VMRO Freedom or Death Merit Badge

he spent the remainder of the war with the Torpedo School Ship H

gilt loss on the second badge's centrepiece

the F-S Fighting knife is frequently described as a stilletto

letter from RASC Records Department (confirming that he had been Mentioned in Despatches

An 1849 Medal For The Siege Of Rome Hold A Rare Macedonian VMRO FreedomAn 1849 Medal for the Siege of Rome Bronze, 31. 8 mm, light contact, extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was created by Pope Pius IX to reward the 9,000 French troops under General Oudinot who restored Rome to him. In February 1849, a revolutionary mob led by Garibaldi and Mazzini seized power in Rome and proclaimed a Roman Republic. The Pope slipped out of Rome and called upon Catholic states to intervene. First was France whose Expeditionary Force