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    I recently aquired this medal in a lot of miscellaneous items. It is 2 1/2" (65mm) point to point) with a lovely well done enamelled centre and a open "C" catch pin back. I appears to be silver from the hallmarks on one star point. Any help id'ing the medal appreciated.

    Garth

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    That is outstanding!!! I had no idea that even existed!!

    I think the association is still around.

    It is very High C of E.....part of the Oxford Movement. I think its on Wikipedia. There was a chapter at the Anglican Walsingham shrine.

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    It is very High C of E.....

    It does sound very High Church, doesn't it? The current Pontiff - whom one of my sisters refers to scornfully as "that German bishop" - is flirting with re-uniting the Anglicans with Holy Mother Church again.

    What I find most interesting however is the quaint notion that Charles was "Charles the Martyr"! It's been some years since I read the history of that period but I don't recollect that he did anything particularly holy or even pro-Church and in my books, simply being whacked by political opponenets hardly qualifies as grounds for canonization. Sounds a bit like the proponents of "Saint Evita" in the Argentine!

    Peter

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    It does sound very High Church, doesn't it? The current Pontiff - whom one of my sisters refers to scornfully as "that German bishop" - is flirting with re-uniting the Anglicans with Holy Mother Church again.

    What I find most interesting however is the quaint notion that Charles was "Charles the Martyr"! It's been some years since I read the history of that period but I don't recollect that he did anything particularly holy or even pro-Church and in my books, simply being whacked by political opponenets hardly qualifies as grounds for canonization. Sounds a bit like the proponents of "Saint Evita" in the Argentine!

    Peter

    I looked into this once. Could it be that it was because it was the Presbyterian Scots who handed him over to Noll?

    Yep, that's it: http://www.skcm.org/SCharles/scharles_main.html

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