^Lot 1920 PUERTO RICO, large pewter medal, 1947, Santo Cristo de la Salud, ex-Roehrs.

PUERTO RICO, large pewter medal, 1947, Santo Cristo de la Salud, ex-Roehrs. 22.78 grams. 75 x 50 mm. Obverse with Jesus on the cross, SANTO CRISTO DE LA SALUD above, PROTEGENOS below; reverse with the chapel of Cristo de la Salud in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico with HERMANDAD DEL SANTO CRISTO DE LA SALUD above, ANO 1753 1947 in banner below and SAN JUAN P.R. at bottom; smooth edge with integrated loop at top. Mint State example, curiously tied to a chapel erected in 1753 to commemorate, according to folklore, a horse rider saved after being thrown off a precipice during a race. Pedigreed to the Roehrs Collection.