Does and one know what this inscription on back of a medal means?

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Ricordo Del Santuario…it is s tiny medal with the Virgin and Christ Child, they appear to be black ,or very dark skinned
 
sounds Italian…Ricordo means a memory or memento, del is a contraction of di and il which means of the, and Santuario could mean Sanctuary, but I’m not positive.
 
I have never seen medals like these. they are kind of old, and they are enameled. One of the medals is a pansy on one side ,and these very dark skinned figures of the Madonna and child on the other side

I am sure it depicts the Madonna and Christ because they are wearing crowns with crosses on top of them…the one with the inscription is very tiny and a small enamel oval inside a tiny silver frame…
 
Dont know if this is applicable, but searching google for both english and italian versions, i found this
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Possibly, the medal is supposed to remind you to be the same in and our of Church?
 
Thank you gentlemen. I found these medals in a box at a Church rummage sale…I couldn’t bear to see them destroyed so I put them on my charm bracelet which is a collection of medals

I have never seen the Madonna dressed like this, It kind of looks like she is Egyptian or African…They ( the medals)are humble little things but I have grown quite fond of them
 
I saw a similar image yesterday, although Mary and Jesus were whiter, but both crowned with what almost remineded me of the Papal Tiara, kind of an egg shaped crown, with a cross on top
 
im doing some google searching, and the image as of yet still alludes me.

I wish i actually knew the person whose house i was at so I could ask him. But alas he is a youth leader from a different Church, and i was simply invited by a friend. His house had more statues and pictures than i could get my head around
 
Thank you. I am wondering if it might be more of an Eastern Image of Mary than a Roman one?
 
very simply it means souvenir of the sanctuary. The medal was sold at a holy site and the image on that medal, of course, is directly connected with that site.
 
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