A portrait of Salvo D'Acquisto, made on a slab of Etna lava basalt using ceramicisation, has been donated to the Carabinieri Interregional Command "Ogaden" in Naples.
The donation came from the National Carabinieri Association (ANC) regional inspectorate for Sicily and the Santo Stefano di Camastra section, in the province of Messina.
The presentation took place during a ceremony marking the 106th anniversary of D'Acquisto's birth. The event included a prayer and a blessing of the artwork by the military chaplain.
Born in Naples's Vomero district on 15 October 1920, D'Acquisto was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal for Military Valor. He gave his life on 23 September 1943 to save 22 civilians.
The basalt slab links the tribute to Sicily: the stone comes from Mount Etna and was treated with a ceramicisation process to carry D'Acquisto's image.
