Description

This commemorative medal measures about 4.6 cm in diameter, was made manually in scale 1:1 without automated reduction processes and, subsequently, was reproduced in limited series and enriched by electro galvanization and finally brushed by hand.
The medal is shipped in a practical handmade blue velvet effect bag with a certificate that in addition to guaranteeing the authenticity shows the serial number.

Straight
Three-dimensional representation of the bust of Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour (Turin, August 10, 1810 – Turin, June 6, 1861). Italian politician, patriot and entrepreneur. He was a protagonist of the Risorgimento as a supporter of liberal ideas, civil and economic progress, anticlericalism, national movements and expansionism of the Kingdom of Sardinia to the detriment of Austria and the pre-unification Italian states.

Verso
The back shows a representation of the tomb of the Benso family, in which Camillo Cavour is buried. It was declared a national monument in 1911, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Unification of Italy. The facade is of Doric order, with granite columns.