Featured Old as dirt religious medal

Ok people, I seem to be attracted to the most bizarre things.
I m not religious, but really old things have a weak spot in my heart.
When I came across this tiny silver religious medal from a seller who offered more modern ones, it just spoke to me and I had to buy it.
I absolutely adore the naive Jesus at the cross and look at the adorable baby's face! Almost looks like those amazing 17th century skull and bones on old gravestones.
So this religious medal depicts the 'Sainte Chemise/Holy Shirt' of Chartres.
One side depicts Jesus on the cross, the other side is Mother Mary with baby.
The Chartres Cathedral is a very important pilgrim spot, and they posses a veil that is believed to have belonged to the Virgin Mary, worn at the birth of Christ.
This religious medal would have been a Pilgrim s token, a souvenir or a token to show that you went on Pilgrimage.
So...I have seen a few online, but I m not sure about the date of this one...everyone says something else.
16th/17th/18th/19th century, anyone an opinion?

 

I don't see old.

Debora

 

And I don't see the Holy Shirt of Chartres.

Debora

 

Hello Debora, thanks for your reply. the form of the medal itself depicts the holy shirt
I disagree with old...I do see old in the way the figures are depicted, but not sure about its age

 

Until I read Dessert's text, I thought it was the Tau cross, also known as the St Anthony Cross. I agree, it doesn't look like the Holy Shirt of Chartres, but I have never seen a Holy Shirt of Chartres medallion, so wdik.
I am not seeing much age either.

I always love a Madonna on a crescent moon though, a reference to the main Goddesses of Europe and Asia.

 

Traditional, rather than old, imo.
They probably depict specific Medieval statues, maybe miraculous ones.

 

AJ ok, thanks for your reply

 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/969996592/delicate-holy-tunic-relics-seamless-robe

Debora

 

Hello Debora, yes, I have seen that one.
In my mind the Jesus and Mary with child look really different, more naive..
But could indeed be from the fifties!

This is a medieval one I found online:
https://www.antiquesboutique.com/an...-of-notre-dame-pilgrim-badge-pendant/itm29340

and this one is also an obviously old one: http://rejaillit-le-passe.over-blog.com/article-16740552.html

 

I saw a Tau cross too, and IIRC Saint Anthony is depicted holding an infant Jesus. (raised Baptist with lots of Jewish friends, so my Catholic imagery is shaky.) He's the patron saint of finding lost things, so St. Anthony medals are common here.

 

The one holding Jesus is St Anthony of Padua, originally from Portugal. The tau cross St Anthony is an earlier one, St Anthony the Great, from Egypt.

As usual, many saints share the same name, just to keep Catholics on their toes.
Here is a list of Anthonies:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Anthony

 

and confuzzle us heathen Baptists!