DS in Italian, signed “E. Card. Pacelli,” one page, 14.75 x 11, September 15, 1938. Certificate by which Pope Pius XI confers the cross "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice" upon Sig. Prof. Gioacchino Moreira da Fonseca. Signed at the conclusion by Cardinal Pacelli—the future Pope Pius XII—as Cardinal Secretary of State. In fine condition, with some corner creasing.
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