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All our listed items are original Christian devotionals.Some may have been cleaned or polished before their arrival, by their lastcaretaker. Their use is for personal devotion.
This medal is 2 inches long, weighs 21 grams, and wascast in Rome, as indicated by the hallmark.
Its sale will benefit two Carmelite Convents who feedpoor kids in South America. St. Benedict appears on one side to protectpilgrims visiting the Holy House of Loreto where this medal would have beenacquired more than 200 years ago.
This medals dating can be confirmed on pages 2 & 3 ofthe book AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS MEDALS, by Bob Forrest, and published byNUMISMATICA INTERNATIONAL in 2004.In addition this book has chapters (outlinedin the table of contents), describing each of the categories of medals, theirpossible place of pilgrimage (acquisition), and origin of the mint where theywere made. We recommend that anyone serious about collecting medals from this periodacquire a copy of this book.
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