103217 | ITALY. Vatican City. Pope Pius XII silver Medal.

103217  |  ITALY. Vatican City. Pope Pius XII silver Medal. Issued Year III (1941/2). Addressing the horrors of war and acting as a call for peace (44mm, 38.62 g, 12h). By Aurelio Mistruzzi at the Rome mint.

 

PIVS • XII • PONTIFEX • MAX • AN • III, bust left, wearing zucchetto, stole, and pallium // MISEREOR • SVPER • TVRBAM (I have sorrow for humanity), Christ blesses those who mourn, those who are wounded, and those who help. Edge: Plain.

 

Bartolotti E941; Rinaldi 135; Cusumano-Modesti 22. Choice Mint State. Exceedingly lustrous and prooflike, with a great argent aspect and frosted nature.

 

The early years of World War II are reflected in the sentiments on this medal, with the conflict playing a large role in the beginnings of the papacy of Pius XII. Here, Christ is providing comfort to the soldiers and to those whom they were leaving behind. In this sense, those who were suffering physically and those who were suffering emotionally.

 

Upload: 18 August 2025.

 

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