Lira
Object number2017.116.28
Date1923
OriginItaly
MediumCopper
Credit LineIn memory of Edward Ruglovsky
DescriptionItalian 5 Centesimi coin. Circular copper coin. Front has Head of King Victor Emmanuel III in profile facing proper right; Italian text around the perimeter. Reverse has vertical stalks of wheat at center flanked by value and date. Smooth edge.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 0.75 x 0.063 in. (1.9 x 0.2 cm)InscriptionsFront has Italian text around the perimeter "VITTORIO EMANVELE III RE D'ITALIA".
Reverse has text at viewer's left "C." and at viewer's right "5 / 1923".
MarksReverse has mint mark at bottom center "R".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of items documenting Edward Ruglovsky’s WWII service in the 10th Infantry Regiment and his industrial career at U. S. Steel. Ed Ruglovksy was with 10th as a combat infantryman from January 1944 through the war’s end, and through the campaigns to take Western Europe – Rhineland, Ardennes, Battle of the Bulge, etc. Ruglovsky said it was “the worst place to be” and that he spent a “year being absolutely terrified.” Some of these things he acquired by trading Russian soldiers for them at the end of the war, which fits with the reality that combat infantryman – while in active combat – were not able to collect and save much, so acquiring items from another soldier at war’s end fits with Ruglovsky’s history of service.
Previous owner
Edward Ruglovsky
Related institution
United States Steel Corporation
Related institution
10th Infantry Regiment
Related person
Victor Emmanuel III
(Italian, 1869 - 1947)
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