Anyone knows what is this？我

[jeffrey1215]

 

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[Terry Soloman]

Catholic medal.

 

[jeffrey1215]

Catholic medal.

Thanks Terry

 

[diggummup]

More specifically it's a Congregation Of The Children Of Mary pendant. If you look closely you can see where the loop was broken off at the top. The space on the reverse was commonly engraved with the owners name or initials, birth date, etc. This one is a little less common then most of the Miraculous medals, pendants and tokens that are usually found.

More on the Children of Mary-


The Congregation of the Children of Mary was established in response to Our Lady's command given to St. Catherine Laboure in July of 1830. The Blessed Mother wanted a new confraternity established in the Church that would be linked with the gift of the Miraculous Medal. Fr. Aladel, St. Catherine's confessor, was charged with establishing the work which, at first, was limited to only the orphans and students cared for by the Sisters of Charity.
◅ In 1847, Pope Pius IX conferred on the Children of Mary all the indulgences already granted to the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin long established in Rome for the pupils of the Society of Jesus. In 1850, young boys were first permitted to make their consecrations and in 1876 membership was extended to include all young people.


In 1904, the Marian Congress at Rome recognized the Children of Mary as a distinct lay society in the Church and in 1931, the Children of Mary was recognized as a worldwide confraternity open to all catholic parishes and institutions.

Here is another example with the attached loop-

 

[Mackaydon]

"The Reverse Side - On the reverse side of the Miraculous Medal is a cross and the letter "M". The cross represents Christ's sacrifice for our salvation, while the bar under the cross stands for the Earth. The "M" stands for "Mary" and her true devotion both to Jesus and to her children on Earth. The two hearts are the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The entire image is surrounded by twelve stars. The stars can represent both the twelve Apostles and the verse from the Book of Revelation, "a great sign appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of 12 stars" (Revelation 12:1)." Obviously, the stars are 'missing' in the OPs pic.
Source: https://www.catholiccompany.com/content/Learn-More-About-the-Miraculous-Medal.cfm

Don......

 

[jeffrey1215]

"The Reverse Side - On the reverse side of the Miraculous Medal is a cross and the letter "M". The cross represents Christ's sacrifice for our salvation, while the bar under the cross stands for the Earth. The "M" stands for "Mary" and her true devotion both to Jesus and to her children on Earth. The two hearts are the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The entire image is surrounded by twelve stars. The stars can represent both the twelve Apostles and the verse from the Book of Revelation, "a great sign appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of 12 stars" (Revelation 12:1)." Obviously, the stars are 'missing' in the OPs pic.
Source: https://www.catholiccompany.com/content/Learn-More-About-the-Miraculous-Medal.cfm

Don......

On the reverse side of my medal, the two hearts are dented, and there is a rectangle with lines inside. Is this a different edition medal?

thanks for you time

 

[jeffrey1215]

More specifically it's a Congregation Of The Children Of Mary pendant. If you look closely you can see where the loop was broken off at the top. The space on the reverse was commonly engraved with the owners name or initials, birth date, etc. This one is a little less common then most of the Miraculous medals, pendants and tokens that are usually found.

More on the Children of Mary-


The Congregation of the Children of Mary was established in response to Our Lady's command given to St. Catherine Laboure in July of 1830. The Blessed Mother wanted a new confraternity established in the Church that would be linked with the gift of the Miraculous Medal. Fr. Aladel, St. Catherine's confessor, was charged with establishing the work which, at first, was limited to only the orphans and students cared for by the Sisters of Charity.
◅ In 1847, Pope Pius IX conferred on the Children of Mary all the indulgences already granted to the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin long established in Rome for the pupils of the Society of Jesus. In 1850, young boys were first permitted to make their consecrations and in 1876 membership was extended to include all young people.


In 1904, the Marian Congress at Rome recognized the Children of Mary as a distinct lay society in the Church and in 1931, the Children of Mary was recognized as a worldwide confraternity open to all catholic parishes and institutions.

Here is another example with the attached loop-

Thanks for the detail infomation. On the reverse side of my medal, the two hearts are dented, and there is a rectangle with lines inside. Is this a different edition medal?

 

[Mackaydon]

There has been many, many varieties of this medal.
Their greatest value is understanding their symbolism.
Don....

 

[jeffrey1215]

cool. thank you so much.

 

[tedfy]

I think those times used to be creative enough to create various forms of symbol