Antique deals French Bronze Holy Face Ecce Homo Shroud of Turin Arma Christi Medal | Signed Becker

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This stunning Catholic medal, dating back to 1980s France, features on the front a portrait of Jesus Christ as Pilate presented him to the crowd after his scourging and crowning with thorns. Ecce Homo ("behold the man") are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate when he presented a scourged Jesus Christ, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before His Crucifixion.

On the verso is an image of the Holy Face of Jesus imprinted on Veronica's veil. According to tradition Veronica encountered Jesus along the Via Dolorosa on the way to Calvary. When she paused to wipe the blood and sweat off his face with her veil, his image was imprinted on the cloth. The event is commemorated by the Sixth Station of the Cross. Depictions of the Instruments of the Passion flanking the Holy Face include the following:

The pillar or column where Jesus was whipped in the Flagellation of Christ
Flagellums or the whips used for the 39 lashes
The Holy Sponge set on a reed, with which gall and vinegar were offered to Jesus
The Nails, inflicting four wounds on the hands and feet
The Holy Lance with which a Roman soldier inflicted the final of the Five Wounds in his side
The Veil of Veronica
The reed which was placed in Jesus' hand as a sceptre in mockery
The ladder used for the Deposition, i.e. the removal of Christ's body from the cross for burial
The hammer used to drive the nails into Jesus' hands and feet
The pincers used to remove the nails
The shroud used to wrap the body of Jesus before burial

The medal measures 2 1/4" in diameter. It deals is signed by the sculptor and engraver Edmond-Henri Becker on the front and his initials E.B. are on the back. Hallmarked METAL D on the bottom rim. Exergue is unfilled.

Last two photos were taken in natural light.

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