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    Posted 9 years ago

    Efesgirl
    (1017 items)

    Most average people never see one of these in their lifetimes. This is a special pewter medallion awarded to Norbertine monks for their special contributions to the Order. This medallion was made in Toulouse, France by André Léon Galtié in the 1950s. It is signed on both sides. I bought it at a flea market in Urbana, Illinois in 1984 for a couple of bucks. I wrote to the Norbertines of St. Norbert Abby in De Pere, Wisconsin and sent them photocopies of the medallion. The head of the Abbey wrote back and said he had no idea how a medal like this would have made it's way into a flea market. I can only surmise that the family of the monk who earned it received it after the death of the monk. It probably ended up in an estate sale at some point.

    The writing is all in Latin. One side depicts St. Norbert being struck down by lightning, and the reverse is the spider in the chalice. I had, at one time, translated the Latin but it's very late here now and I'm going to bed. Goodnight.

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    1. vetraio50 vetraio50, 9 years ago
      Hic est calix sanguinis mei.
      This is the chalice of my blood.
    2. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 9 years ago
      Thanks, vetario50!

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