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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 410370, member: 5833&quot;]I realize you are following in a language not your own, so it is natural there will be some misunderstandings.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did not question about Mussolini facing right (we need to clarify whether we are talking about the viewer&#039;s right or his own &#039;proper&#039; right; the profile on the Caruso medal is viewer&#039;s right).&nbsp; What I question is the reasoning that goes: Medals of Mussolini show him in profile facing right; this medal has a profile facing right; therefore this is a medal of Mussolini.&nbsp; By that logic about 47% of all portrait medals ever made are Mussolini.&nbsp; Besides:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images.aspireauctions.com/auctions/2015FEB/large/71213-01.jpg?8141783000" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/343/1748/lot/72811" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/343/1748/lot/72811" rel="nofollow">https://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/343/1748/lot/72811</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/37/N/6/NQa9nM7ce3oT8WozTiA6tG5i28KfbD.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/coins_to_medals/37/product/1935_italy__mussolinis_house_of_italians_abroad_medal/337685/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/coins_to_medals/37/product/1935_italy__mussolinis_house_of_italians_abroad_medal/337685/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/coins_to_medals/37/product/1935_italy__mussolinis_house_of_italians_abroad_medal/337685/Default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3610637.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=297622" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=297622" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=297622</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.emedals.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/0dc2d03fe217f8c83829496872af24a0/g/r/grc12861.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.emedals.com/mussolini-hitler-silver-medal-g2592" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.emedals.com/mussolini-hitler-silver-medal-g2592" rel="nofollow">https://www.emedals.com/mussolini-hitler-silver-medal-g2592</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I found very few medals of Mussolini on which he faces viewer&#039;s right; the majority are proper right.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure I understand this correctly:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Were you told by an auction house where you bought the Caruso medal that it was <b><i>made</i></b> by Caruso?&nbsp; It is not true that: A) every item sold by an auction house is examined &amp; appraised by an in house expert; &amp; B) experts always know what they are talking about.&nbsp; For most items the house accepts the description provided by the consignor, the person who placed the item with them to sell.&nbsp; Consignors also can be wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have explained this several times, using the word &#039;replica&#039;, which means an exact copy.&nbsp; The artists who made medals of Mussolini that have his name by his face could have used a copy of Mussolini&#039;s signature in place of the block letters to make it clear who is on the medal.&nbsp; By your logic, the medal of Toscanini must have been made by Toscanini.&nbsp; (Did you look at that thread?)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure medal/medallion is even the correct word for this piece.&nbsp; It is more like a token.</p><p><br /></p><p>We have given you links to a web site dedicated to Nino Caruso twice now.&nbsp; The suggestion that you contact them is a good one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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