Germany, Munich (City). Silver "37th Int. Eucharistic Congress" Medal Karl Goetz. ??

On rim bayer hauptmunzamt feinsiuber

Mint Year: 1927

Mint Pleace: Munich

Condition: A nicely toned AU-UNC!

Denomination: Medal - The 37th International Eucharistic Congress in Munich, 31st July-7th August 1960.

Weight: 19.41gm

Diameter: 38mm

Obverse: Jusus Christ on the cross in front of 11 saints, behind table with a goblet and bread. Latin inscription in field above.

Legend: PRO MUNDI VITA ("[in the light of Christ]for the life on the world")

Reverse: Crozier flanked by coat-of-arms of Munich to right and of the Archbishop of Munich and Freising (Joseph Wendel) to left.

Legend: EUCHARISTISCHER WELTKONGRESS MUNCHEN 1960

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The 37th International Eucharistic Congress that was held from 31 July to 7 August 1960 in Munich, West Germany, was the 37th edition of the International Eucharistic Congress of the Roman Catholic Church.

The site of the 37th International Eucharistic Congress was chosen by Pope Pius XII, who had previously served in Munich as a papal nuncio. Approximately 430 bishops and 28 cardinals attended at the congress, including Cardinal Richard Cushing of Boston, Cardinal Francis Spellman of New York, and Cardinal Albert Gregory Meyer of Chicago from the United States.

Joseph Wendel (May 27, 1901 – December 31, 1960) was a German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Munich and Freising from 1952 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.