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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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I just know it's 1854 written in roman figures and that I found it in a box with old coins from Romania. Please help me find out more about it!   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Definitely a religious medal.
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Moderator
 United States
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I believe this is a religious medal from Bavaria (Germany) with the Virgin Mary and child on the obverse the patron saint of Bavaria and Abbot Corrado a saint of the region on the reverse. My latin is terrible but from what I can translate that what this medal would appear to be.
KoCT#56
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Moderator
 United States
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My Latins a Bit Rusty at the Moment
The top picture reads "Queen of Martyrs, pray for us"
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Valued Member
 United Kingdom
240 Posts |
Thanks a lot guys! You told me some interesting things. Still,I must find out more about it. It intrigues me when I don't know absolutely everything about a collectible.
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Valued Member
Israel
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The medal portrays Abbot Corrado patron saint of Molfetta in Italy and seems to be to commemorate the fight against Cholera.
I will try to find more information
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cholera. That's very interesting. Also known as the Black Plague, Black Death, the plague. HORRIFYING times in history.
What material is that medal made out of?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Actually Cholera and the three forms of the plague are different diseases. Both very nasty non the less.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Oh! I need a refresher in history. |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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thingee, I don't know exactly how to determin the material.It looks like brass to me, though it could be copper or bronze.
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Brass sounds good.  This is from a text about the Basilica "Madonna dei Martiri" in Molfetta: http://www.ilbiancorossonews.it/basilica.asp"Tra I pezzi pił importanti (vi sono l'anello con l'effigie di papa Innocenzo VIII, che fu vescovo di Molfetta prima di salire sul soglio di San Pietro e) una medaglietta in ottone con le immagini dei due patroni della cittą, coniata per lo scampato pericolo, in occasione del colera nel 1854. La popolazione con in testa il vescovo dell'epoca, mons. Nicola Maria Guida, la fece coniare dallo scultore Luigi Alfano. Sul bordo di questa preziosa medaglia, ci sono le parole: Regina Martirum ora pro nobis." Which means something like: "Among the most important pieces (...) a medal in brass with the images of the city's two patrons*, made because of the salvation from danger, on the occasion of the cholera in 1854. The population with, ahead, the bishop at that time, Mons. Nicola Maria Guida had it made by the sculptor Luigi Alfano. On the edge of this precious medal there are the words Regina Martirum ora pro nobis." * These two patrons are San Corrado di Baviera (Conrad of Bavaria), and the Madonna dei Martiri. Your medallion seems to be a very similar one: It shows these patrons, has the name of the sculptor, and the year 1854. Christian |
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United States
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I think at one time it was hooked to a roosary
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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thanks a lot chrisild!
I tried to contact the Basilica but all I got was a big error.
I also tried to contact a club related to that city, but the email adress was outdated.
I suppose I own a copy of their medal which might have been commercialized as a lucky or protective medallion.Or, amac44 could be right.Hope I'll find out more soon!
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