Vintage Immaculate Conception medal in hallmarked silver and signed Penin Poncet.  This absolutely stunning solid silver medal features a depiction of The Blessed Mother Virgin Mary with a Latin inscription around the border which translates to ""Queen conceived without original sin pray for us".

On the reverse are regal profiles of Pope Pius IX and Pope Pius X. Underneath is a Latin inscription dedicated to the Dogma of The Immaculate Conception (proclaimed on December 8, 1854) by Pope Pius IX and the date 1904. In 1904 Pope Pius X granted permission for diocesan seminarians to attend the College of St. Thomas.

• weight - 7.50 grams 
• measurements - 1" x 1.15" (including the loop and bail)
• Punchmarked for silver purity 
• Floats from a new 19" silver chain
• Circa 1950s