Balzan, Gold Medallion, 1956, Obv: portrait of Eugenio Balzan & Corriere della Sera, Founder of Foundation, Rev: logo of foundation, 17.90gm, 30.16mm, about extremely fine, Very Rare.

The International Balzan Prize Foundation awards four annual monetary prizes to people or organizations who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, culture, as well as for endeavors for peace and the brotherhood of man, the assets behind the foundation were established by the Italian Eugenio Balzan (1874-1953).