A plaque shaped medal commemorating Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512). Obverse: Half-length figure of the discoverer Amerigo Vespucci (right) holding a staff (left) looking at a plan of the American coast (right). Inscription (below): '1903 AMERIGO VESPVCCI'. Reverse: The discoverer in a boat, holding a large compass in both hands, standing beside a projection of the globe marked with a continent and islands; the head of Aquilo blowing a gale from its mouth (right), inscription on tablets (above): 'AMERICI VESPVCII', (below): Manuscript.