Baldwin & Sons
Auction 93 5 May 2015
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Crete, Giovanni Bettolo, Silver Medal, 1898, by P Ferrea, bust left, JO. BETTOLO ITALICAE CLASSIS AD CRETAM PRO PRAEFECTVS, rev CRETA IN LIBERTATEM VINDICATA INTER EVROPAE PRINCIPES CONCORDIA FIRMIVS CONTISTVTA MDCCCXCVIII, in wreath, 68mm. Good extremely fine and extremely rare.
Rear-admiral Giovanni Bettolo lead the Italian navy's effort, along with the combined forces of Great Britain, France and Russia, to liberate Crete from the Ottoman Empire. Bettolo was one of four Admirals who governed Crete temporarily until the arrival of Prince George of Greece in 1898 and the foundation of the independent Cretan State.
Estimate: £600-800
Rear-admiral Giovanni Bettolo lead the Italian navy's effort, along with the combined forces of Great Britain, France and Russia, to liberate Crete from the Ottoman Empire. Bettolo was one of four Admirals who governed Crete temporarily until the arrival of Prince George of Greece in 1898 and the foundation of the independent Cretan State.
Estimate: £600-800