Plain The medal commemorating the restoration of the Papal Authority (also called the medal of the siege of Rome) was established by Pope Pius IX in 1850.
Period
Notice
Niccolò Cerbara
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Tiara and keys in a laurel wreath
Obverse lettering
SEDES
APOSTOLICA ROMANA (Translation: Roman Apostolic Seat)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Inscription in 5 lines.
Reverse lettering
✿
PIVS IX PONT٠MAX٠
ROMAE RESTITVTVS
CATHOLICIS ARMIS
COLLATIS
AN٠MDCCCXLIX
-- ✿ -- (Translation: Pius IX Supreme Pontiff Returned to Rome with the union of the Catholic armed forces Year 1849)
