1550 REFORMATION. Important Satirical Medal Comparing Priests & the Pope to Fools & the Devil! Eschatology Early inscriptions

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1550 REFORMATION. Important Satirical Medal Comparing Priests & the Pope to Fools & the Devil! Eschatology Early inscriptionsAn important pro Reformation piece of tangible theology distributed throughout Germany, Switzerland, Holland, and Spain during the 16th century. Measuring 1. 5 inches in diameter appx, likely issued in Germany or Holland, c. 1550. One on side is the head of the pope with the hidden head of the devil; on the reverese is the head of a cardinal with the hidden head of a court jester or fool. Surrounded by a satirical latin saying essentially arguing that