Vatican, Papal State. A Miniature Pope Pius IX Bene Merenti Medal, c.1933 Archive while the interior is finished

while the interior is finished in black paint

The inside is also painted in field green and comes complete with its original eight-panel butterscotch-coloured leather liner

2) Third Period

1914 (4954 TPTR: W

Vatican, Papal State. A Miniature Pope Pius IX Bene Merenti Medal, c.1933 Archive while the interior is finishedInstituted 1933. In silver gilt and enamels, featuring a cross with red enamelled border and inscription in between each arms reading N JUB HUM RED, the reverse presents the inscription PIVS XI. P. M. AXIII BENEMERENTI in blue enamels, surmounted by a papal coat of arms, measures 9. 6mm (w) x 24. 5 mm (h inclusive of Papal Insignia suspension), enamels intact, very fine.