Padraic mac Piarais, Poet, Author and Patriot. A very unusual and attractive bronze ringed medal, apparently of Italian manufacture, circa 3 cm diam., obverse with a good quality portrait head of 'Padraig H. Pearse 1879-1916', reverse with the words 'Ireland / Unfree shall / Never be at Peace / (from an oration) by / Padraic mac Piarais / Poet, Author and Patriot / Commander In Chief / of Republican Army / Easter 1916', and beneath in tiny letters, 'An Iodail tir a dheanta' (i.e. 'Made in Italy'). We are unable to cast any light on the origin of this curious and attractive item, and would welcome any information. Padraic mac Piarais, Poet, Author and Patriot. A very unusual and attractive bronze ringed medal, apparently of Italian manufacture, circa 3 cm diam., obverse with a good quality portrait head of 'Padraig H. Pearse 1879-1916', reverse with the words 'Ireland / Unfree shall / Never be at Peace / (from an oration) by / Padraic mac Piarais / Poet, Author and Patriot / Commander In Chief / of Republican Army / Easter 1916', and beneath in tiny letters, 'An Iodail tir a dheanta' (i.e. 'Made in Italy'). We are unable to cast any light on the origin of this curious and attractive item, and would welcome any information.
Padraic mac Piarais, Poet, Author and Patriot. A very unusual and attractive bronze ringed medal, apparently of Italian manufacture, circa 3 cm diam., obverse with a good quality portrait head of 'Padraig H. Pearse 1879-1916', reverse with the words 'Ireland / Unfree shall / Never be at Peace / (from an oration) by / Padraic mac Piarais / Poet, Author and Patriot / Commander In Chief / of Republican Army / Easter 1916', and beneath in tiny letters, 'An Iodail tir a dheanta' (i.e. 'Made in Italy'). We are unable to cast any light on the origin of this curious and attractive item, and would welcome any information. Padraic mac Piarais, Poet, Author and Patriot. A very unusual and attractive bronze ringed medal, apparently of Italian manufacture, circa 3 cm diam., obverse with a good quality portrait head of 'Padraig H. Pearse 1879-1916', reverse with the words 'Ireland / Unfree shall / Never be at Peace / (from an oration) by / Padraic mac Piarais / Poet, Author and Patriot / Commander In Chief / of Republican Army / Easter 1916', and beneath in tiny letters, 'An Iodail tir a dheanta' (i.e. 'Made in Italy'). We are unable to cast any light on the origin of this curious and attractive item, and would welcome any information.
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