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Message:: [QUOTE="Gianluca72, post: 410245, member: 8309"][USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] I understand you, but I do not understand what makes you think with certainty that this is his portrait made by someone else. For example, it could be a medal made by Caruso, with a subject different from himself. Moreover, the signature to which I refer is not that manual engraved in italics, but the one on the front side more sharp.For example, considering the period of his life, he lived the Fascist period totally during the first 17 years, and that face in profile looking right could be referred to Benito Mussolini. That element on the left of the face, vertical, could be the fascist beam, emblem of fascism.Often the face of Mussolini is represented in fact in profile, and to the right.Obviously, that lopsided "signature" on the back, I do not think it belongs to Caruso, but to the previous owner, collector of the medal.The frontal signature instead, coincides perfectly with the signatures of the other works by Nino Caruso.I read his biography. He has known and has been a friend of artists of great value, such as Guttuso, Mazzacurati, Leoncillo, and Brunori.Therefore, even assuming that the creator of the coin is another artist, it could very well be a valuable artist, who has commemorated Caruso through this medal.But I tend to think that the author of the coin is Caruso who represents Mussolini.What do you think ? Thank you[/QUOTE]