2-979-073 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Sword presented to General La Marmora, 1857. Crimean War. Showing '...the handle and hilt of the sword which is a fine specimen of ornamentation. The female figure represents Italy: in her left hand she holds the national flag, and in her right one the lictor's fasces, emblematic of union. The sword has lately been presented to General La Marmora, and has been received by him with an assurance of his grateful feeling for this splendid national testimonial...[The General] in command of the Sardinian army in the East, had so largely contributed to win new laurels for the flag of Savoy'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.