Vatican. A Pope Leo XIII Commemorative Medal Buy Now Two times in November 1944

Two times in November 1944

with a blackened core within a ribbed border

s impression of which combat later appeared in an illustrated history of the War - prior to being severely wounded in a subsequent combat in October 1915

the obverse depicting a rightward facing bust of Kaiser Franz Joseph of Austria

4th Class 1939 (two-piece construction

Vatican. A Pope Leo XIII Commemorative Medal Buy Now Two times in November 1944In bronze, obverse illustrating the left facing bust of Pope Leo XIII, inscribed in Latin "LEO XII" at the left and "PONT MAX" at the right, reverse illustrating St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, inscribed in Latin "CHIESA DI PIETRO" above and "ROMA" below, within a beaded border and an ornate framework, measuring 38. 7 mm in diameter, edge nicks, bruised, contact marks, very fine.