Old saint medallion

[germansal]

Hi all Found this Old saint medallion this morning in Germany. Any idea on how old or which saint it is. Thanks Sal

 

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[Kona Koma]

Cool find. Good job.

 

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Hi Joe Can you ask you friend the priest if he can tell you anything about this. I posted this in todays find forum (what is it )View attachment 1682042View attachment 1682043 and they told me it was a crucifix . Thanks Sal

Looks more like a Medieval Horse Harness Pendant to me.

 

[namxat]

Well I am going to use a bit of fantasy realms here. But in the pic he is carrying an axe. Only a few saints have the axe as their symbol and they are mostly English or have never been to Germany.

However, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trudpert looks really interesting.

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I think this is the best ID if we cant read a few letters. Boniface is usually with with bishop crozier and a book.

St. Matthias is often w/ an axe (and with a beard!) so this is a possibility.

The backside SEEMS to be a clerical coat of arms (I do see a crozier), so at the moment I am hinting at the Abbey St. Trudpert in the Schwarzwald.


Maybe the Threadopener can give us the reading of a few letters or say if the place is somewhat connected to the Schwarzwald.


BTW: I do not know any protestant sect of church in Germany that has Saint medallions. But I know protestant pastor daughters that send their kids to catholic school :-).



Greets Namxat