Italy East Africa, Copper Commemorative Medal, 20.46 gms, Obv. portrait of King Victor Emmanuel III looking to the left with his head uncovered, with the inscription "VITT · EM · III · RE · D'ITALIA · IMP · DI · ETIOPIA" which is an abbreviation of "Vittorio Emanuele III Re d'Italia Imperatore di Ethiopia" ("Vittorio Emanuel III King of Italy Emperor of Ethiopia), Rev. an East African scene of mountains and desert flanked on the left by fasces. At the top is the inscription "AFRICA ORIENTALE" ("EAST AFRICA"). The motto "MOLTI NEMICI, MOLTO ONORE" ("MANY ENEMIES, MUCH HONOR") and the signature of Prime Minister Benito Mussolini lie below the scenery, very fine, very scarce.