Italian medal for ID

[luftwaffenkopf]

on one side it says: hvmbertvs .i italiae rex
on the other: ob insitionem vaccinam late propagatam rufo nicolas
weighs .73 oz
with a 1.5 inch diameter
and about an 1/8 of an inch thick

is it silver, rare, value?

can't find anything on it on the net...

thank you

[Raffaello Carola]

Medal of merit of vaccination's diffusion "OB INSTITIONEM VACCINAM LATE PROPAGANDAM" " instituited on the 20th March 1879
King Umberto I of Savoy awarded to the vaccinatores and health officers who had merits of vaccinations diffusions normally not
have the ring suspension (unportable) sometimes was assembled with ring suspension and ribbon.; awarded in gold and silver not
common; rare but not researched by collectors.
cheers
Raffaello

[andrea]

[QUOTE=luftwaffenkopf;7580556]on one side it says: hvmbertvs .i italiae rex
on the other: ob insitionem vaccinam late propagatam rufo nicolas
weighs .73 oz
with a 1.5 inch diameter
and about an 1/8 of an inch thick

is it silver, rare, value?

can't find anything on it on the net...

thank you

that what I found :
the medal was obviously issued during the kingdom of Umberto I (king of Italy ) so between 1878-1900.
iIt was awarded to doctors or period "healtcare assistant"( in this case Mr. RUFO NICOLA) who gave his "contribute to carry out the vaccination" free translation of the latin word " ob insitionem vaccinam late propagatamit" .
In this case was the vaccination against the Smallpox.
It is for sure in silver, I have no idea if it is rare ,probably not due to the smallpox vaccination last out till 1920 so more or less 50 years , and the value is probably the silver itself....
ciao
Andrea