Amazing beautiful antique and rare bronze medal. With high reliefs of. George, also known as George of Cappadocia and George of Lida was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier in the army of Emperor Diocletian, venerated as a Christian martyr. George is one of the most venerated saints in Catholicism, the Orthodox Church, as well as the Anglican Communion. The legend of St. George and the dragon is told in the Legenda Aurea, the collection of hagiographic biographies composed by Jacopo da Varazze, Bishop of Genoa, in medieval times. According to legend, in the city of Salem, Libya, there was a lake inhabited by a huge and eternally hungry dragon. The inhabitants of the region tried to appease him by offering him sheep and goats, but at some point the cattle were no longer enough and the dragon demanded humans as an offering. The locals thus began to hold a macabre lottery among their children, thus choosing who should be sacrificed to the dragon’s insatiable hunger. When Princess Silene, daughter of the local king, was also drawn, St. George appeared at the gates of the city. He proclaimed that God had sent him to defeat the monster, provided that all the inhabitants of Salem accepted faith in Christ. The king and all his subjects agreed to be baptized, and so St. George confronted the dragon, reduced him to meekness, and sent the princess to lead him into the city, bound with a simple belt. Upon seeing the miracle, everyone was converted and the dragon was killed. The medal has 9.7 cm diameter, and 5 mm to 8mm thickness. It’s numbered 73. Only 100 were made. International buyers are welcome.