Medal
notes: label: Description
content: The obverse of this bronze medal has a portrait bust facing right and “PIUS XI / PONT MAX A III.” The reverse has a well-populated scene and “QUI HABET CLAVEM DAVID / QUI APERIT ET NEMO CLAUDIT / ANNO EVE . . . / MCMXXV.” This medal was given to George P. Phillips, the Philadelphia optician who made gold-rimmed bifocals for Pope Pius XI.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: Vatican City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Religion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lt. Col. G. R. Phillips, USMC (Ret.)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0570.02
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0570.02
label: accession number
content: 1989.0570
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal,bronze (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, satin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cream (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: box: 1.7 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm; 11/16 in x 3 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: medal: 3 cm x 5 cm; 1 3/16 in x 1 15/16 in