Australia 1940 Bartolomeo Colleoni Medal By AMOR Sydney
- Australia 1940
- Bartolomeo ColleoniÂ
- Commemorative Medal, 58mm
- Struck in oxidised silver by Amor
- Presented by the citizens of Sydney to Captain J.A.Collins C.B.,R.A.N the officer's and ships company H.M.A.S Sydney in commemoration of their gallant fight, against superior speed and weight of armament, which resulted in the sinking of the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni in the Mediterranian Sea July Nineteen 1940. AMORÂ in exergue.
- The captain each officer and each member of ship's company received one of these 11:2:41Â inscribed on the edge.
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On 19 July 1940 HMAS Sydney II achieved victory over the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni  in the Mediterranean Sea during the battle of Cape Spada.
Sydney was one of three British modified Leander-class light cruisers acquired by the Royal Australian Navy in the years immediately preceding the Second World War. Her sister ships were Perth and Hobart and in Australia they were known as Perth class light cruisers.
- VF+Â
- Catalogue No. C.1940/2
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- Australia 1940
- Bartolomeo ColleoniÂ
- Commemorative Medal, 58mm
- Struck in oxidised silver by Amor
- Presented by the citizens of Sydney to Captain J.A.Collins C.B.,R.A.N the officer's and ships company H.M.A.S Sydney in commemoration of their gallant fight, against superior speed and weight of armament, which resulted in the sinking of the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni in the Mediterranian Sea July Nineteen 1940. AMORÂ in exergue.
- The captain each officer and each member of ship's company received one of these 11:2:41Â inscribed on the edge.
-
On 19 July 1940 HMAS Sydney II achieved victory over the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni  in the Mediterranean Sea during the battle of Cape Spada.
Sydney was one of three British modified Leander-class light cruisers acquired by the Royal Australian Navy in the years immediately preceding the Second World War. Her sister ships were Perth and Hobart and in Australia they were known as Perth class light cruisers.
- VF+Â
- Catalogue No. C.1940/2
