Pius XII (1939-58) Anno V Bronze Medal

Official bronze Annual Medal of Pope Pius XII, year V, in memory of the appeal to the Blessed Virgin Mary for peace, issued during World War II. Depicts Pius XII kneeling as he invokes Mary among clouds on the right. On the kneeling stool, the coat-of-arms of the pope; to the right, a sheaf of thorns symbolizing the sorrows of the people. A globe of the earth fills the field. Nice, About Unc.