117 - Royal Insigne Academy of San Luca, 1940, medal of Honorary Academician awarded to Cornelio Di Marzio. Diameter 56.00 mm

Royal Insigne Academy of San Luca, 1940, medal of Honorary Academician awarded to Cornelio Di Marzio. Diameter 56.00 mm A gilded bronze medal, struck by the Royal Mint based on designs by the sculptor and medalist Giuseppe Romagnoli, reserved exclusively for members of the prestigious Roman Academy. The medal is accompanied by a long silk ribbon to be worn around the neck during the institution’s solemn celebrations. The medal presented here was awarded to Cornelio Di Marzio, who joined the Academy in 1940. Born in Pagliara dei Marsi in 1896, he was a veteran of World War I. A journalist, he contributed to “Idea Nazionale” and “Il Popolo d’Italia” beginning in 1919. In 1923, he was a member of the Central Office for Italian Fascists Abroad, the Grand Council, and the PNF, as well as a consul of the MVSN. Starting in 1932, he was in charge of the journal of the Confederation of Professionals and Artists, of which he became director and later president (1939–1943). He died in Roccacerro on June 3, 1944, during an aerial strafing raid.