RARE ANTIQUE 18TH CENTURY THE PROPHET ST. ELIJAH OUR LADY OF CARMEL BRONZE MEDAL For Sale

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. St. Elijah is honored on July20; he is the patron of the Carmelite Order. Here on consignment for sale fromone of the convents we work with is an 18th century nun's rosary-belt-clipmedal. The Prioress wrote to tell us that a small catch of these medals wasrecently discovered in one of their storage rooms. Their sale will help theircommunity during these troubled times. The medal is 1.75 inches hanging lengthand it weighs 21 grams. It is a large medal that would have hung from the nun'sleather belt-clip.

This medals dating can be confirmed on pages 2 and 3 ofthe book AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS MEDALS, by Bob Forrest, and published byNUMISMATICA INTERNATIONAL in 2004. In addition, this book has chapters(outlined in the table of contents), describing each of the categories ofmedals, their possible place of pilgrimage (acquisition), and origin of themint where they were made. We recommend that anyone serious about collectingmedals from this period acquire a copy of this book.

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