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Gaetano Orsolini (7 March 1884 – July 1954) was an Italian sculptor, medallist and engraver.
Orsolini was born in
Montegiorgio
Montegiorgio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about north of Ascoli Piceno.
Montegiorgio borders the following municipalities: Belmonte Piceno, Falerone, Ferm ...
. He was most notable for his work on Italian memorials to the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
and as the designer of Italy's variant of the
Allied Victory Medal. He died in Turin.
Sources
* https://web.archive.org/web/20060509030838/http://www.comune.montegiorgio.ap.it/arte%26storia/Personaggi/Orsolini/orsolini.htm
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070929080940/http://www.comune.montegiorgio.ap.it/arte%26storia/orsolini/index.htm
1884 births
1954 deaths
Italian engravers
Italian medallists
20th-century Italian sculptors
20th-century Italian male artists
Italian male sculptors
20th-century engravers
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