He drew from under his doublet an object suspended on a steel chain, and, approaching Mr.Van de Werve, he placed it in his hand.
It was a flat medal of greenish copper, on which were engraven unknown letters and signs.

A cross between two bent sabres, and beneath them a crescent, filled up the centre of the medal.

At the foot of the cross was a gray stone, rudely inlaid.

The whole was rough and heavy.
Mr.Van de Werve examined this medal attentively for some time; he turned it over and over, as though he sought to comprehend the signification of this singular emblem.
"A relic!" he murmured.

"Here are two cimeters, a crescent, and cabalistic characters.