40 Years Faithful Service Medal in privately procured box

[Carlo]

Good evening gentlemen, I recently purchased this medal for 40 years of faithful service.

The medal itself has nothing special, but the box does: it is a flat leather box with a black interior bordered with gold thread.

I'm pretty sure the box was privately procured, perhaps as a gift piece or just a box to store the decoration. The question is, does anyone know what period it could be? Before the great war, post-war or something else?

[Elmar Lang]

Hello Carlo,

your fine medal for 40 years faithful service as a civil servant is preserved in a surely privately-made case, probably originally made for a pocket watch, then adapted with the velvet-lined, fitted compartment.

 

It's nice to see posts from other Italian collectors of Austro Hungarian awards and historical artifacts.

 

Best wishes,

 

E.L.

[Carlo]

On 15/03/2023 at 18:21, Elmar Lang said:

Hello Carlo,

your fine medal for 40 years faithful service as a civil servant is preserved in a surely privately-made case, probably originally made for a pocket watch, then adapted with the velvet-lined, fitted compartment.

 

It's nice to see posts from other Italian collectors of Austro Hungarian awards and historical artifacts.

 

Best wishes,

 

E.L.

Thank you!! Actually, now that I think about it, I know very few Italians who collect this kind of items.