The impressive gold medallion with relief decoration on both sides. The front with a half-length portrait of Christ on the cross. The fully sculptured, inclined head, resting on his shoulder, captures the viewer's eye due to its fineness and felicitous creative design. The abbreviations IC for Jesus and XC for Christ above the head. On the back the Virgin Mary, her hands raised in a gesture of prayer. Here, too, the exquisitely modelled head is impressively highlighted by the height of the relief. With an inscription referring to the Mother of God. The raised edge surrounding the medallion with a slight knock in one place due to age. Small eyelets around the edge for lost pearl ropes, a double eyelet at the top for attachment to a necklace. Diameter 4.4 cm. Weight 21.3 g. Unusual type of representation. Very rarely found in this quality.Provenance: South German private collection of a university professor. Acquired on the European art market in the late 1990s.Condition: II +