KARL GOETZ MEDALS. Germany - Italy - Vatican City. Pope Pius XI/Lateran Treaty Obverse Medal Hub, 1929. Munich Mint. Cf. Kienast-420 (for medal). 36mm module. By Karl Goetz. Design (obverse): Bust of Pius left, wearing zucchetto and mantum. Some scattered darker spots, with a few areas of red. Otherwise as utilized.<p><em>The Lateran Treaty ended the longstanding feud between the Kingdom of Italy and the Papacy over the sovereignty of the latter within the former. The treaty gave the Vatican City to the Papacy--a separate city-state headed by the pope within the city of Rome itself--as well as compensation to the papacy by the Italian government for the loss of the territory within the papal states.</em><p> From the Richard Jewell Collection.<p>Ex. Heritage (4/2013) Lot # 27492.
