Italian states - Toscane Commemorative medal 1859 to remember the death of Neri Corsini (1771-1845) EF

Bronze medal, Tuscany, on the death of Neri Corsini, Marquis of Lajatico, 1859.
Obverse: head of Neri Corsini facing left, with a signature below the neck.
Reverse: inscription within an oak wreath: A NERI CORSINI DELLA COSTITUZIONE IN TOSCANA PROPONITORE ANIMOSO CHE DIFESA NEI CAMPI E NEI CONSIGLI DEI RE LA INDIPENDENZA D'ITALIA MORIVA IN LONDRA IL I DIC MDCCCLIX.

About the period:
Until April 1859 Tuscany was a grand duchy under Leopold II, and in March 1860 it joined the kingdom of Victor Emmanuel II.
On 27 April 1859 Leopold II called Neri Corsini to the Palazzo Pitti, because he wanted Corsini to form a new government.
Corsini demanded the Grand Duke's abdication instead, and that evening Leopold left Florence with his family in four carriages while the city watched in silence.
Corsini then went to London as envoy of the provisional government, because he was to win the British over to union with Piedmont, and there he died of smallpox in December 1859.

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