Italy, Kingdom. A Navy Torpedo-Armed Motorboats (Mas) War Navigation Badge, Ii Class Auction following the 1859 French campaign

following the 1859 French campaign in Italy during the Second Italian War of Independence

the reverse depicting the cypher of Ferdinand VII on a blue enameled background

It crossed a north-south extension of the main Himalaya Mountains that ran south through northern Burma and western China

Weed returned to the Philippines in 1912 and was stationed at the Pettit Barracks as a District Health Officer

Naming is officially impressed on the Boer War pair

Italy, Kingdom. A Navy Torpedo-Armed Motorboats (Mas) War Navigation Badge, Ii Class Auction following the 1859 French campaign(Regia Marina, Motoscafi Armati Siluranti). Two piece construction, in silvered bronze, unmarked, measuring 50 mm (w) x 49. 5 mm (h), vertical pinback, extremely fine.