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A Continental 90-Bore Pin-Fire Double-Action Revolver And Cartridge Box, By Repute The Gift Of King Umberto To GaribaldiSigned F.lli Rocco Inc., Milano, Circa 1880
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Find your local specialistA Continental 90-Bore Pin-Fire Double-Action Revolver And Cartridge Box, By Repute The Gift Of King Umberto To Garibaldi
Signed F.lli Rocco Inc., Milano, Circa 1880
Signed F.lli Rocco Inc., Milano, Circa 1880
The first 14.3 cm. barrel, the second 6.9 cm. x 2.8 cm.
Footnotes
Offered with a typed and annotated note reading: 'Pistol given to Don Pietro Quartano di Calogerras by Garibaldi. Given by Pietro Quartano (Irma Bailey's great-grandfather) to his son Nico who later gave it to his brother-in-law, Col. Sir Wm. Everett. The silver cartouche box belongs to it. The pistol is said to have been given to Garibaldi by the King of Italy, Umberto'
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) is considered, with Camillo Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II and Giuseppe Mazzini, as one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland".
Garibaldi was a central figure in the Italian Risorgimento, since he personally commanded and fought in many military campaigns that led eventually to the formation of a unified Italy. He was appointed general by the provisional government of Milan in 1848, General of the Roman Republic in 1849 by the Minister of War, and led the Expedition of the Thousand on behalf and with the consent of Victor Emmanuel II.
He has been called the "Hero of Two Worlds" because of his military enterprises in Brazil, Uruguay and Europe. These earned him a considerable reputation in Italy and abroad, aided by exceptional international media coverage at the time. Many of the greatest intellectuals of his time, such as Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, and George Sand, showered him with admiration
Peter Quartano di Calogheria, a lawyer from Corfu, was Secretary to Dionysos Solomos (composer of the verses that became the Greek National anthem) and was also a leading figure in the context of the Southern rebellion who was instructed to deal with the political persecution of Sicilians and Italians in Corfu








