Romania, 10th Anniversary of the Foundation of the International Association of Penal Law, 1938, a plated medal by P. Theunis for Fonson, bemedalled and uniformed bust of Vespasian Pella left, rev. legends, scales and olive branch below, 76mm. Very fine, scarce £70-90

Vespasian V. Pella (1897-1960), statesman and lawyer. As Romanian ambassador to Switzerland in 1944, he is credited with saving the lives of Romanian Jews. After the War he was instrumental in the founding of an International Court