WHM 10

  • WHM 10
  • Modern
  • Papal
  • Medal
  • Benedictus XV (Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa)
  • Rome +0lk+
  • 1920 AD
  • Silver
  • Struck
  • Circular
  • 44 mm
  • 36.23g
  • 12h
  • Mazio 880; Rinaldi 115
  • Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut). CNG, 257, 731.
  • 2011-06-08
  • Medal designed by Mistruzzy under the papacy of Benedictus XV (1914-1922 AD), dually dated year 7 and 1920 in Roman numerals. It commemorates the proclamation of two new saints, St. Jerome and St. Ephraem, the doctor of the church.

BENEDICTVS · XV · PONT · MAX · A · VII ·,

MISTRVZZI (below),

Bust of Benedictus XV left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and pallium.

DOCTORVM · SCRIPTVRAE · DVX · CELEBRATVS,

NVMERVS · ACTVS |  ANNO · MCMXX (in exergue),

Ss. Jerome and Ephraem reading with lion at their feet and the holy Ghost within sunbeam on top


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