Foreign Medals, Italy, Vatican, Benedict XV (1914-1922), Giacomo Della Chiesa, Annual medal, silver, AN I [1914], by Bianchi, bust r., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole, rev. Papal arms with crossed keys and tiara, within wreath, 43.5mm; Pius XI (1922-1939), Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, Annual medal, silver, A X [1931], by Aurelio Mistruzzi, bust l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole, rev. Fame flies over Europe on globe, radio masts to r., 44mm (Bart. 931), both about extremely fine, second with matt surface; Paul VI (1963-1978), Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, visit to Holy Land and Jerusalem, silver medal, 1964, by F. Mina, 38mm, mint state (3)
The second medal celebrates the first radio broadcast of Vatican Radio, established in 1931 by Guglielmo Marconi with Giuseppe Gianfranceschi as its first director.
(140-180 GBP)