In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Italian unification Aurora was chosen to be the official pen-maker for the grand event that will start March of 2011 and continue on throughout the rest of the year the Italy 150 is created from the ever-popular Ipsilon model with a cap that is guillioche engraved with names of famous Italians that helped shaped the Nation's history and culture. The Italy 150 Tricolore set includes one white resin ballpoint pen one red rollerball pen and one green fountain pen (in medium 14kt solid nib) and is limited and numbered to 1861 pieces the names engraved on the cap feature Mazzini Garbaldi D'Azeglio Cavour Cattaneo Bixio Vittorio Emanuele II.