All our listed items are original Christian devotionals.Some may have been cleaned or polished before their arrival, by their lastcaretaker. Their use is for personal devotion. The medal is 1.5 inches long with bale and 1.25 incheslong without the bale. It weighs 14 grams of bronze.Mary Magdalene, sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine, wasa woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus asone of his followers and was a ...witness to his crucifixion and its aftermath.She is mentioned by name twelve times in the canonical gospels, more than mostof the apostles and more than any other woman in the Gospels, other than Jesus'family.Bruno of Cologne (c.1030 – 6 October 1101) was the founder of the Carthusian Order, he personallyfounded the order's first two communities. He was a celebrated teacher atReims, and a close advisor of his former pupil, Pope Urban II. His feast day isOctober 6.This medals dating can be confirmed, as we have on pages 2& 3 of the book AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS MEDALS, by Bob Forrest, andpublished by NUMISMATICA INTERNATIONAL in 2004.In addition this book has chapters (outlined in thetable of contents), describing each of the categories of medals, their possibleplace 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.Thanks for your kind support of our work!