CHOOSE: 1 St Michael religious medal only or the reversible Policeman's Prayer card only. Gift set is for both the Prayer card and St Michael medal for your religious protection gift SIZE of MEDAL : measuring approx: 1 1/4" tall including bail by about 5/8" wide SIZE of HOLY PRAYER CARD: not quite 4 inches tall by a little over 2 inches wide.
NEW OLD STOCK VTG CONDITION: both are new and unused old new vintage stock, however the card has some corner storage wear and is cropped at the bottom cutting the numbers and Printed in Italy some. Medals are in excellent vintage condition, most likely from the 60s, and appear to be new old stock silver alloy of unknown and unmarked metals. Marked Italy on the back with PRAY FOR US.
Front of medal reads: St Michael Pray for us in all capital letters
Back of the medal reads: Pray for us, Italy in all caps too
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LAST PHOTO: 6 DIY UNCUT reversible Police Officer's Prayer to St Michael card. One side has St Michael and the other side has the Police Officer's Prayer to St Michael, which is a very old school prayer, available here in this shop:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/153553894/6-police-officer-prayer-to-st-michael
Here are the parts I find most interesting about the prayer:
Give us cool heads, stout hearts, hard punches, an uncanny flair for investigation, and wise judgments
Make us terror of burglars, the friend of children and law-abiding citizens, kind to strangers, polite to bores, strict with law breakers and impervious to temptation.
Here is the prayer in total:
Saint Michael, heaven's glorious commissioner of police,
who once so neatly and successfully cleared God's premises
of all its undesirables, look with kindly and professional
eyes on your earthly force.
Give us cool heads, stout hearts, and uncanny flair for
investigation and wise judgement.
Make us the terror of burglars, the friend of children and
law-abiding citizens, kind to strangers, polite to bores,
strict with law-breakers and impervious to temptations.
You know, Saint Michael, from your own experiences
with the devil that the police officer's lot on earth is not
always a happy one; but your sense of duty that so
pleased God, your hard knocks that so surprised the
devil, and your angelic self-control give us inspiration.
And when we lay down our night sticks, enroll us in your
heavenly force, where we will be as proud to guard the
throne of God as we have been to guard the city of all
the people. Amen.
Here is the other Police Officer's Prayer:
Lord I ask for courage
Courage to face and
Conquer my own fears...
Courage to take me
Where others will not go...
I ask for strength
Strength of body to protect others
And strength of spirit to lead others...
I ask for dedication
Dedication to my job, to do it well
Dedication to my community
To keep it safe...
Give me Lord, concern
For others who trust me
And compassion for those who need me...
And please Lord
Through it all
Be at my side...
--Author Unknown
Information about St Michael from wikipedia:
1. Saint Michael the Archangel is has scriptual references in the New Testament, Hebrew Bible and Quran.
2. Michael means "who is like God?", in Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל (pronounced [mixaˈʔel]), Micha'el or Mîkhā'ēl; in Greek: Μιχαήλ, Mikhaḗl; in Latin: Michael (in the Vulgate Michahel); in Arabic: ميخائيل, Mīkhā'īl) is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Roman Catholics, the Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, and Lutherans refer to him as "Saint Michael the Archangel" and also as "Saint Michael". Orthodox Christians refer to him as the "Taxiarch Archangel Michael" or simply "Archangel Michael".
more religious medals in this shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/thedestinyofthings?section_id=12565296
more religious artifacts from Hoarder Rehab:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/HoarderRehab?section_id=12063438
more religious artifacts at VintageToGoetsy:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/vintagetogoetsy?section_id=11532369
Hoarder History: More and towards the end of my religious medal collection! Enjoy!
Untold History: I hope someone knows someone who was there during the Ninth National Eucharistic Congress Convention and gets this for them for a trip down memory lane!
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