Pius XI has ordered silver medals to be struck. They are to be inscribed: "The Knights of Columbus with their own money, so that they may fulfill the wishes of Pope Pius XI, P. M.*, for the Christian instruction of Roman youth, A. D. 1924."
The inscription refers to the $1,000,000 American welfare work being conducted by the K. of C. in Rome under the auspices of the Vatican.
The obverse of the medal will show Pius XI and tiara; the reverse, the K. of C. Gymnasium and Playground erected...
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