{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-souvenir-de-st-bernard-french-medal","title":"Vintage Bronze Souvenir de St. Bernard French Medal","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Souvenir de St. Bernard medal is first of all a portrait. A young man in a hooded monastic habit turns three-quarters toward you, haloed, modelled with real character around the mouth and the eyes. Down in the lower field the original medalist signed his own work, \u003cem\u003ePAILLIER \/ LYON\u003c\/em\u003e, in the small lettering French religious medals so often carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reverse is quieter: a plain Latin cross rising among palm fronds, with three lines of lettering beside it reading \u003cem\u003eSOUVENIR DE ST BERNARD\u003c\/em\u003e, a souvenir of St. Bernard. Medals of this kind were carried home from a shrine or a pilgrimage church and kept for a lifetime, the saint's face on one side and the memory of the journey on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis French souvenir medal was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in the USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtisan-cast from an antique original\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Equatoria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48943644442809,"sku":"3c3-1049-B","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-1049-B.png?v=1787688781","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-souvenir-de-st-bernard-french-medal","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}