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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ycon, post: 3203119, member: 91771&quot;]It is certainly not from the time of the crusades. Judging by the style it&#039;s no earlier than the 18th century. Often times these kinds of medallions were bought or given to pilgrims at holy sites.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know anything about yours specifically, but given its condition I would be very surprised if it was worth much.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found a <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=SANCTVS+IOSEP&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=4&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=SANCTVS+IOSEP&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=4&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">similar one</a> auctioned a few years ago that was attributed to the carmelite order (where is went unsold for 80 eur). That might be a place to start. There&#039;s an identical one to that for sale <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-ST-JOSEPH-MEDAL-OLD-18TH-CENTURY-BLESSED-VIRGIN-MARY-BABY-JESUS-MEDALLION/162777368379?hash=item25e649873b:g:mGIAAOSwTmtaHJoe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-ST-JOSEPH-MEDAL-OLD-18TH-CENTURY-BLESSED-VIRGIN-MARY-BABY-JESUS-MEDALLION/162777368379?hash=item25e649873b:g:mGIAAOSwTmtaHJoe" rel="nofollow">currently on e-bay</a>, though I&#039;d trust neither the price nor the attribution of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>In terms of price--and again, this is just a gut feeling, nothing more-- I would pay a maximum of about 20 euro.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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