Religious Pendent

[sirlostalot]

Found this sterling pendent I asssume is Catholic. Was wondering if the age on it of 1880 would be the age of it or was that year used for several? Was also wondering the meaning of the marking on the back of it?


It has around the out side of it "O Mary Conceived Without Sin Pray For Us Who Have R?? Thee 1880"

 

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[Woodland Detectors]

Yep, Catholic. That would be Mrs. Mary in her cloak. It's a vey common charm. Yours looks to be 20-30 years old...

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Yep. O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.

http://www.treasurenet.com/westeast/data/askmarkparker/robots/200407.htm

Known as the Medal of the Immaculate Conception, the Miraculous Medal, or simply the Mary Medal, it has an interesting history. In 1830, Sister (now St.) Catherine Labouré of the Daughters of Charity in Paris, France confided that she had witnessed an apparition of the Virgin Mary in the convent chapel. Two more such experiences followed, and during this time Catherine reportedly was commanded to have a medal made according to the vision which she had received. The first medals were struck in 1832, and countless millions have been continually produced and distributed ever since. The obverse depicts Mary standing upon a globe, crushing the head of a serpent beneath her feet. Surrounding her is the inscription, "O, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee." The reverse bears a cross symbolic of Christ, standing upon a bar representing the earth and forming a monogram with the letter M for Mary. Beneath are two hearts— one, encircled with thorns, that of Jesus; the other, pierced by a sword, that of Mary. An oval border is formed by 12 stars, sometimes said to refer to the Apostles, but also recalling Revelation 12:1, in which St. John writes that "...a great sign appeared in heaven, and a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of 12 stars."