Souvenir medal or token from Lourdes

Made:
2013 in France
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Souvenir medal or token from Lourdes, France, maker not marked
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Souvenir medal or token from Lourdes, France, maker not marked
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Souvenir medal or token from Lourdes, France, maker not marked
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Souvenir medal or token from Lourdes, France, maker not marked
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Souvenir medal or token from Lourdes, France, maker not marked
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Souvenir medal or token from Lourdes, France, maker not marked, possibly French, 2013. This brass-coloured medal or token shows on one side a representation of Our Lady of Lourdes and on the other a portrait of Pope Benedict XVI. It was purchased from one of the innumerable small shops in Lourdes, France, on 4th or 5th July 2013, four months after Pope Benedict XVI unexpectedly resigned after eight years in office. Author and maker unknown.

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Object Number:
2014-499
Materials:
metal (unknown)
type:
medal
credit:
Phil Loring