M0005724: Drawing of a 17th century German medallion, amulet against disease

Previous title, replaced August 2020: 17th century German medallion, amulet against disease

Drawing of a 17th century German medallion believed to be composed of seven metals and used as an amulet against disease. The drawing is from an unknown publication.

23 September 1938

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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