According to legend, Christopher carried a child across a dangerous river who turned out to be Christ, carrying the weight of the world. He became patron saint of travellers, and when cars became common in the 1920s, French motorists carried medals like this one for protection on the road.
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KM-1207 St Christopher Motorist’s Medal
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A silver-toned medal. Obverse: St Christopher carrying the Christ Child on his shoulder across a river with a staff. Reverse: a vintage open-top car on a road, with the legend REGARDE ST CHRISTOPHE ET VA-T-EN RASSURE (‘Look at St Christopher and go on your way reassured’). Inscriptions explained: REGARDE ST CHRISTOPHE ET VA-T-EN RASSURE is French for ‘Look at St Christopher and go on your way reassured’.
