Medal for Saint Joseph

Medal for Saint Joseph.  Photograph by Ryan Gray, Courtesy of UNO Department of Anthropology and Sociology.

The reverse of the Saint Camillus medal depicted what may have been previously identified as St. Anthony, but which appears to be St. Joseph based on the visible letters, the spray of flowers, and the fact that the figure is bearded. Saint Joseph carries many associations in Catholicism, where he is the patron of craftspeople, laborers, real estate, and the dying.