Italian, Kingdom of Italy, Customs, Royal Italian Customs Seal

Italian, Kingdom of Italy, Customs, Royal Italian Customs Seal, Image & Found by Jo Cook.
Found on the Thames foreshore, 18mm.

Head facing left, REGNO D ITALIA around // arms of the Kingdom of Italy 27 17? to sides

A royal Italian customs seal.

The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state which existed from 1861 — when King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy — until 1946, when civil discontent led an institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italian Republic.