Saint Damien of Moloka’i Medal

Title: Saint Damien of Moloka’i Medal
Description: Bronze. Belgium. Undated, but 1936. Signed. Posthumous. On the occasion of transferring Father Damien's remains from Hawaii to Belgium.

Obverse: Clothed bust to left, wearing glasses; around along edge from bottom left, PATER DAMIANUS DE VEUSTER SS.CC. LEPROSORUM APOSTOLUS; on left by his lips 1840 / 1889 in two lines; on right two hearts, one with the cross, the other with the sword, both within the circle of thorns, and below ALF. / MAUQUOY incused in two lines.

Reverse: Hawaiian landscape with mountain range, above MAJOREM HAC / DILECTIONEM NEMO HABET, UT / ANIMAM SUAM PONAT QUIS PRO / AMICIS SUIS (St. JOAN CHAP XV) in four lines; below on left, cross and over it MOLOKAI, at right bottom artist initials AM, incused.

Edge: FISCH & Cie signature of medal maker Paul Fisch (1865-unknown), Belgian engraver and medallist from Brussels (Forrer 2, 97; 7, 306)
Creator: Alfonse Mauquoy
Date: 1936
Extent: 70 mm
Medium: Bronze
Coverage: Belgium
Language: Latin