Italy, Kingdom. Two Sicilies. An Expedition Of The Thousand Volunteers Medal, C.1860 Archive (JAMES COUCH

(JAMES COUCH

He also devised a system of "indirect fire" which allowed protection to the flanks of the advancing infantry by means of a protective web of bursting shells

Bronze with coloured lacquering

gilding slightly worn off

red enamel loss evident on the crossguards on the swords

Italy, Kingdom. Two Sicilies. An Expedition Of The Thousand Volunteers Medal, C.1860 Archive (JAMES COUCHIn silver, unmarked, measuring 30. 7 mm, original ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Expedition of the Thousand Volunteers Medal was instituted on June 21, 1860. The Expedition of the Thousand was an event of the Italian Risorgimento that took place in 1860. A corps of volunteers led by Giuseppe Garibaldi sailed from Quarto, near Genoa (now Quarto dei Mille) and landed in Marsala, Sicily, in order to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, ruled