Papal Medal

Pius XI has ordered silver medals to be struck. They are to be inscribed: “The Knights of Columbus with their own money, so that they may fulfill the wishes of Pope Pius XI, P. M.*, for the Christian instruction of Roman youth, A. D. 1924.”

The inscription refers to the $1,000,000 American welfare work being conducted by the K.of C. in Rome under the auspices of the Vatican.

The obverse of the medal will show Pius XI and tiara; the reverse, the K. of C. Gymnasium and Playground erected on Vatican land at St. Peter’s. It is the first Papal medal ever struck for an American organization.

*P.M.—abbreviation for Pontifex Maximus.