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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Wehwalt, post: 2211554, member: 33595&quot;]I bought about five Vatican-related medals on my trip, mostly in Germany.&nbsp; The bronze one was purchased at an antique store in Copenhagen, I saw a bowl of medals in the window. The other was purchased in Kiel, at a secondhand store that had a nice number of medals, all for under ten euros. The bronze is a Pius X canonization medal from 1954, reproducing the obverse of Pius&#039;s annual medal for his first year in office (the Vatican has issued a medal annually with the pope on it and the year of his reign since I think the 1500s).&nbsp; The reverse shows it to be from the canonization, or at least I think so (I checked Wikipedia and 1954 was when Pius was canonized) The other is a fairly standard medal that they sell by the thousand in the shops around Saint Peter&#039;s Square, with the current pope on it (you can also get Benedict and JPII in some shops).&nbsp; Usually the reverse has a view of Saint Peter&#039;s Square, but this was issued during the Holy Year, 1975 (every 25 years) and shows a view of the doors that are only opened during that year.&nbsp; The symbolism of where the doors lead is pretty clear I think!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]432122[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]432123[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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