- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, oval shaped medal with suspension loop. On one face is the Virgin and on the other an 'M' surmounted by a cross, and two hearts surrounded by stars. [CW [OPS move] 22/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1901
- Date collected
- circa 1901 - 1902
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Process Struck, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Width: max 20 mm, Depth: max 1 mm, Height: max 28 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.447
Search terms: Religion, Insignia, Ornament, Writing, Figure, Medal, Amulet, Religious Object, Pendant, Inscription
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