Petite Our Lady of Loreto Aviation Necklace - Vintage French Silver Medal

This is a beautiful medal of Our Lady of Loreto.  It is a smaller size medal and one I have never seen before.

This is likely an antique medal judging from the era of planes on the reverse side.

For aviators or aviation lovers!!!

SMALLER SIZE MEDAL - It measures between 5/8" and 3/4" in length including its loop (but not including its attach ring).

It has the french silver hallmark indicating a silver fineness of at least 800 or 80% silver.

The NEW oxidized sterling silver reverse rope chain measures about 18 inches in length.

Comes in a gift box.

Shipping is by standard USPS First Class Mail.

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From online - Our Lady of Loreto:

"The shrine of Our Lady of Loreto is located on the Adriatic coast of Italy, three hours from Rome. It is the third largest shrine to Mary in Europe, next to Lourdes and Fatima. The ministry of the shrine is the hospitality shown to pilgrims especially through the sacrament of penance.

The tradition of the shrine at Loreto goes back to the year 1291. As the last of the crusaders returned to Western Europe they brought with them a number of relics, objects of devotion and remembrances of holy shrines. It happened that the dwelling of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the house which both tradition and Christian devotion had maintained as the site of the appearance of the archangel Gabriel and therefore the Incarnation of our Savior, was moved from Nazareth to Christian Europe. The house arrived at Loreto on December 10, 1294."