WW1 ITALIAN NAVY ARMORED CRUISER R. SAN GIORGIO SERVICE MEDAL SILVER. WW1 ITALIAN ROYAL NAVY ARMORED CRUISER R. Hallmarked 800 for silver purity on the lower left obverse. Reverse: Saint George the Dragon Slayer. Inscribed: Tutor et Ultor (Guardian and Avenger). The San Giorgio class was a group of 2 armored. Cruisers built for the Italian Navy (Regia Marina). Between 1907 and 1910. The class comprised of the armored cruisers. San Giorgio and R. San Giorgio ran aground right before the. And although she was repaired before its end. She served during WW1. During World War I. Limited by the threat of Austro- Hungarian submarines. Durazzo, Albania, in late 1918. She acted as a royal yacht. For Crown Prince Umberto’s 1924 tour of South America and then. Was deployed to the Indian Ocean to support. She was modernized in 1938 with emphasis in. To Tobruk where she was forced to scuttle herself. In early 1941 as the British moved in to occupy. The Allies from 1943 through 1945. Salvaged in 1952, she. Sank while being towed to Italy to be broken up. ARTIST INITIAL’S ON THE: S J. DIMENSIONS : HEIGHT 1 1/4″ x WIDTH 1″ x THICKNESS 1/16.
