{"product_id":"vintage-yellow-bronze-our-lady-of-lourdes-heart-medal","title":"Vintage Yellow Bronze Our Lady of Lourdes Heart Medal","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Yellow Bronze Our Lady of Lourdes Heart Medal sets the Virgin inside a heart. She stands with her hands joined and her veil falling to her feet, framed by a leafy arch with flowers massed below her, in the attitude she took at the grotto of Massabielle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reverse carries a cursive line, \u003cem\u003eSouvenir de N.D. de Lourdes\u003c\/em\u003e — souvenir of Our Lady of Lourdes. In 1858 the Virgin appeared eighteen times at that grotto to Bernadette Soubirous, a miller's daughter of fourteen, and named herself the Immaculate Conception; the spring that opened in the rock has drawn the sick and the hopeful ever since. Medals of this kind were bought at the shrine and carried home, a keepsake of the journey and a claim on Our Lady's care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lourdes heart medal was faithfully reproduced from an antique French original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves the medal's 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":48943563767993,"sku":"3c3-1372-YB","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-1372-YB.png?v=1787688756","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-yellow-bronze-our-lady-of-lourdes-heart-medal","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}