Vintage Yellow Bronze Saint Hubert Hunting Horn Medal
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The Vintage Yellow Bronze Saint Hubert Hunting Horn Medal is shaped as a hunting horn curled around its field, which tells you at once whose it is. A huntsman kneels with his staff between a rearing horse and a stag whose antlers carry a small cross, his hound beside him: the vision that stopped Hubert in the forest on Good Friday and turned him from the chase to the Church, where he became bishop of Liège and, in time, the patron of hunters.
The reverse is lettered CLEF DE ST HUBERT, the Key of Saint Hubert, around a large key whose bow opens into a pointed oval containing a cross. The key was the famous relic of the Ardennes shrine, long invoked against the bite of mad animals, and medals reproducing it were carried by hunters, foresters and dog owners across France and Belgium. Saint Hubert is still asked for a safe day in the woods and the sense to know when to stop.
The medal was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
Product Details
The Vintage Yellow Bronze Saint Hubert Hunting Horn Medal is shaped as a hunting horn curled around its field, which tells you at once whose it is. A huntsman kneels with his staff between a rearing horse and a stag whose antlers carry a small cross, his hound beside him: the vision that stopped Hubert in the forest on Good Friday and turned him from the chase to the Church, where he became bishop of Liège and, in time, the patron of hunters.
The reverse is lettered CLEF DE ST HUBERT, the Key of Saint Hubert, around a large key whose bow opens into a pointed oval containing a cross. The key was the famous relic of the Ardennes shrine, long invoked against the bite of mad animals, and medals reproducing it were carried by hunters, foresters and dog owners across France and Belgium. Saint Hubert is still asked for a safe day in the woods and the sense to know when to stop.
The medal was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
