Acadiensis/Volume 3/Number 2/An Old Religious Medal
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Old Religious Medal.
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An Old Religious Medal.
Relics of the early French occupation of this province are not very numerous, and so perhaps some readers of Acadiensis may be interested in the accompanying cut, which represents an old religious medal:
It was found some years ago on a little island called Ile aux Trésors (Money Island), which is situated in the Little Shippegan Harbour, near Miscou, northern New Brunswick.
It is made of bronze, well cast, and showing a profile full of beauty. The margin is somewhat irregular, and the reverse is fairly smooth. The ring for suspen- sion has been made separately and cast in with the medal. The medal is very thin, about one-sixteenth of an inch. The raised representation of our Saviour on the face of the medal is splendidly preserved, as also is the inscription, "Ego Sum Via Veritas Et Vita." (John xiv, 6).
The medal was probably hung about the neck of some savage chieftain on the occasion of his baptism into the Christian faith. It is now the property of the Rev. J. R. Doucet, of Lameque, Gloucester County, N. B., who kindly allowed me to examine it.