Someone had put it up for sale on a numismatic auction site in Milan. The Pro Loco of Samassi identified it and, through a popular collection organized among the citizens, recovered it.
We are talking about the Silver Medal for Civil Valor which was awarded in 1899 by the King of Italy to the carabiniere Giampietro Miscali, at the time in service at the Samassi Royal Carabinieri Station, protagonist together with his colleagues in numerous rescues of people who risked to drown in the floods caused by the devastating flood that hit the Sardinian town on November 17, 1898.
The precious heirloom will be returned to citizenship during a solemn ceremony of those tragic events - still remembered as "S'annu de s'unda" - scheduled for Saturday 20 November, right in Samassi in Piazza San Geminiano.
The event will be attended, in addition to the municipal authorities and representatives of the Pro Loco, also a great-grandson of the carabiniere awarded the prestigious honor, who also bears the name of Giampietro Miscali, the Provincial Commander of the Carabinieri of Cagliari Cesario Totaro and a representative of the 'Weapon of the carabinieri in service and on leave of Sanluri.
"The Carabiniere Miscali - explains a note from the Arma - was decorated by the King with the following motivation: 'For the courageous act carried out by operating, at the risk of life, to rescue several people about to drown following a violent storm 'Together with his fellow soldiers, he had done his utmost in saving the population of Samassi during the tragic flood of November 17, 1898, when due to the intense rainfall, the Flumini Mannu overflowed, flooding hundreds of homes fortunately without victims. to rescue people, house by house and transported to the hill of Samassi where the ancient church dedicated to San Geminiano once stood ".
(Unioneonline / lf)
