Nice religious medal

[Littleebear]

I found this today at a colonial site that I've visited often. A nice little religious silver medal with no markings. I'm trying to date it, but I haven't found any similar medals online. Have you?

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Cool find!

 

[neodetectorist]

Just from what I can see, It is an “adoration of the Eucharist” metal from the symbols on the back side.
The front side depicts Jesus wearing a crown on top of an icon representing a tree. Each side of the tree there are 6 figures. These 12 figures represent the 12 apostles.
It looks pewter which could date this as colonial.
It is catholic and does resemble French made religious metals I have seen. Although similar French Adoration of the Eucharist metals have much more detailed as far as the icons go BUT than being said, these icons do match the symbols of these detailed metals just with less artistic design.
This is a great find and carries some history with it.
An item like this was likely blessed. Treat this with respect as well as how you display it.

 

[Littleebear]

It looks pewter which could date this as colonial.

From what I see it would be silver. But French made could be possible as it was found in Quebec.

Thanks for the info!

 

[Littleebear]

OK, so it is from France, it's a Notre-Dame-de-Liesse medal from the XVIIe ou XVIIIe, made of silver. A better find than I tought. As the place it was found has been occupied since early XVIIe, it fits! Thanks for your help.

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[Coinstar magnet]

That is a significant find! Love the symbology! Thank you for sharing that.

 

[Red-Coat]

Very nice. Never seen one of those before.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great religious medal find.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[washingtonian]

Very interesting. I haven't seen the trade weight symbolism on a religious medal before.