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Marconi Commemorative Plaque, Rome, 1912

Inventory Number 23050


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.23050

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"REGIA LYNCEORUM ACADEMIA / AN A SOCIETATE INSTITUTA CCCIX / GUIGLELMUM MARCONI / INTER SODALES SUOS ITALICOS IN CLASSEM / DISCIPLINARUM PHYSICARUM MATHEMATICARUM / ET RERUM NATURALIUM ADSCRIPTOS ULTRO / ACCIUT PARTA NOMINIS FAMA COLLEGIUM / CONDECORARI EXPETENS EADEM AUGURATA / ILLUM NOVIS INGENII MONUMENTIS COMMUNIA / STUDIA ACTURUM / -------------------- / GRATULANS SODALI OPTATISSIMO / PETRUS BLASERNA LYNCEORUM PRINCEPS / INCISAM SOCIETATIS TESSERAM MITTIT / ROMAE V ID SEPT A C MCMXII / IGNATIUS GUIDI & ELIAS MILLOSEVICH / AB ACTIS" printed on obverse of plaque.
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Radio communication
Dimensions
Height: 180mm Width: 140mm
Inventory No
23050
Accession Number
2004-9/158

Description

Brass plaque with dedication to Marconi on obverse and blank reverse. With holes for wall mounting. Dedication is dated 5 September 1912 and noted Rome.