Pius IX (1846-78) A.XXXI Bronze Medal

Official Annual Medal, year XXXI, in memory of Pope Pius IX's proclamation of St. Joseph as patron of the universal Church. Obverse: Pope left. Reverse: Figure of St. Joseph at center with the figure of Religion genuflecting at left; at right, Madonna and Child. By Giuseppe Bianchi (obverse) and Francesco Bianchi (reverse). Lovely, brown Unc.