Antique 18th Century Immaculate Conception St. Francis Memento Mori Skull Medal

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All our listed items are original Christian devotionals. Some may have been cleaned or polished before their arrival, by their last caretaker. Their use is for personal devotion.
This medal dates from the 18th century. It is 1.25 inches long and weighs 22 grams of bronze. It came to us from a Carmelite convent in South America. They were originally used on habit rosaries and later stored away to become part of the convents medal collection. For certain, the first caretakers of these medals have long ago gone to Heaven.
The first nuns to arrive in South America (hundreds of years ago) came from Europe and they brought with them as many medals as they could carry to help evangelize and bring Christianity to the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
This medals dating can be confirmed on pages 2 & 3 of the book AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS MEDALS, by Bob Forrest, and published by NUMISMATICA INTERNATIONAL in 2004. In addition, this book has chapters (outlined in the table of contents), describing each of the categories of medals, their possible place of pilgrimage (acquisition), and origin of the mint where they were made. We recommend that anyone serious about collecting medals from this period, acquire a copy of this book.
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