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Italy: Papal States, Opening of the new Pontificia Accademia of Science, 1937, plated bronze medals by A. Mistruzzi (2), bust of Pius XI left, rev. busts of Michelangelo, da Vinci and Volta in medallions, both 45mm (Bart. 937); The New Canons, 1947, a bronze medal by A. Mistruzzi, bust of Pius XII left, rev. busts in medallions, 44mm (Bart. 947); Beatification of Pius XII, 1951, a bronze medal by A. Mistruzzi, similar, rev. Pope kneeling, 44mm (Bart. 951); St Peter’s Fund, 1952, a bronze medal by A. Mistruzzi, similar, rev. crypt, 43mm (Bart. 952); together with England, Sir Charles Cockerell, Election Validated, 1819, a bronze medal by J.P. Suffield, 53mm (BHM 979; E 1111), and other bronze medals (2) [8]. Pius XII medals extremely fine, others generally very fine (£50-70)