Vatican. A Medal For Roman Firefighters Hold and ill-suited storage conditions

and ill-suited storage conditions

1942 and signed in black ink by the “Chieftain of the Banaks”

measuring 37mm x 55mm inclusive of the crown suspension

Victory Medal with MID leaf on ribbon

Vatican. A Medal For Roman Firefighters Hold and ill-suited storage conditionsMedaglia per i corpo dei pomperi di Roma. Instituted in 1865. In bronze, obverse illustrating the right facing bust of Pope Pius IX, surrounded by the Latin inscription "PIVS IX PONTIFEX MAXIMVS", engraver marked "N. G." below the bust, reverse inscribed in Latin "COHORTI VIGILVM VRBAN EXPERIMENTO PVBLICE EXHIBITO XII CAL IVN MDCCCLXV", measuring 26. 3 mm in diameter, edge nicks, replacement ribbon, near extremely fine.