Definition

• Baptismal Medal.  A medallic item issued on the occasion of a baptism; usually the design shows an infant, a baptismal font, or the Christ child. In Latin American countries a baptismal medal is called a bolo. A Renaissance example: Ciechanowiecki 394.
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  O20 {1969} Ciechanowiecki Collection.

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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