Another Surprise from the 1920's

This one surprised me when I did research after bringing it home- I expected it to be a recent item due to the clean and simple design, but it turns out to be a remembrance pin of the holy year 1925 in absolutely perfect condition. The detailed design in 4 shades of enamel is skillfully executed. I should have known - they just don't make them like this anymore.

From the Vatican Web Site: "A Holy Year, or Jubilee is a great religious event. It is a year of forgiveness of sins and also the punishment due to sin, it is a year of reconciliation between adversaries, of conversion and receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and consequently of solidarity, hope, justice, commitment to serve God with joy and in peace with our brothers and sisters. A Jubilee year is above all the year of Christ, who brings life and grace to humanity." These Jubilee years happen every few decades. The last one was in the year 2000.

The rest of the Article can be found here.

The piece is approximately 1 inch in diameter.