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NEWP: 1700s P.H Muller Baptismal Medal

1700s Augsburg. Free State. Silver baptismal medal o. J., by P. H. Müller (Philipp Heinrich Müller (1654-1719). 49.03 mm, 29.13gr. Forster 872; Coll. Goppel 1106. Slg.Erl. 2250. u. 4423. Obv: A priest baptizes a child at a baptismal font, next to Christ on the cross; The blood spring bouncing off his side, the priest begins to baptize, above, the dove of the Holy Spirit and God the Father in clouds. “And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live, Rev: Christ as a wanderer passes by a child lying on the ground.

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