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Medal - Second Vatican Council Vatican II
| Location | Vatican City |
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| Year | 1962-1966 |
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| Thickness | 2.27 mm |
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| Obverse description | Conjoined busts of Popes John XXIII and Paul VI, both wearing papal tiaras and vestments, facing left in high relief against a blue-toned field. The surrounding legend reads the names of both pontiffs separated by a star ornament at the base. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting a dove with wings spread wide, symbolising the Holy Spirit, set within a circular glory of radiating rays suggesting the sun. The surrounding legend, arranged along the upper and lower periphery of the field, identifies the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council. |
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| Reverse lettering | UT UNUM SINT CONCILIUM OECUMENICUM VATICANUM II (Translation: THAT THEY MAY BE ONE SECOND VATICAN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL) |
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