Medal - Marche de la Madeleine
1956 year| Copper-nickel | 51 g | 50 mm |
| Location | Belgium |
|---|---|
| King | Baudouin I (1951-1993) |
| Type | Medals › Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1956 |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 51 g |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Thickness | 5.3 mm |
| Shape | Round with a loop |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#244590 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
The Sainte Marie-Madeleine chapel in the Heigne district of Jumet.
Lettering:
MARCHE DE LA MADELEINE
CHAPELLE
STE MARIE-MADELEINE
IXe SIÈCLE
JUMET-HEIGNE 1956
Edge
Plain
Comment
The Tour de la Madeleine de Jumet (a traditional annual march with brass band and drums in July) is a religious procession listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Legend has it that in 1380, a plague epidemic ravaged the region, sparing no one, not even the chatelaine de Heigne.
The hamlet's inhabitants organized a procession to ask heaven for a cure. As they crossed a field, a horseman announced that the chatelaine had been cured and that the disease had miraculously disappeared.
