ANTIQUE 18TH CENTURY SPANISH SHIPWRECK OUR LADY OF THE FORSAKEN BRONZE MEDAL for Sale

ANTIQUE 18TH CENTURY SPANISH SHIPWRECK OUR LADY OF THE FORSAKEN BRONZE MEDAL For Sale

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ANTIQUE 18TH CENTURY SPANISH SHIPWRECK OUR LADY OF THE FORSAKEN BRONZE MEDAL:
$174.99

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. Please click the VISIT STORElink on the right of this page to see more hidden gems! This medal is from mymother's estate collection, and it was discovered when it washed up on one ofthe many Caribbean Island beaches she visited, whose location was lost to historywith her death at age 97 in 2010.All our listed items are original Christiandevotionals. Some may have been cleaned or polished before their arrival, bytheir last caretaker. Their use is for personal devotion. This medal is 1.75inches hanging length and it weighs 20 grams. This medal was minted over 200years ago in Rome, for pilgrims visiting the Basilica of Our Lady of theForsaken, in Valencia, Spain, during Catholic Holy week. Both images on thismedal were said (during the 18th century) to be very miraculous and providedprotection against all forms of evil and sickness. This medals dating can beconfirmed on pages 2 & 3 of the book AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS MEDALS,by Bob Forrest, and published by NUMISMATICA INTERNATIONAL in 2004.In addition,this book has chapters (outlined in the table of contents), describing each ofthe categories of medals, their possible place of pilgrimage (acquisition), andorigin of the mint where they were made. We recommend that anyone serious aboutcollecting medals from this period acquire a copy of this book.

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