I received a TON of response to my request for help in deciphering my 1733 medallion, and I want to thank all of you who took the time to help out. You went "above and beyond" and provided me with lots of history aside. I think a lot of people thought it was a great mystery to be solved and had fun while helping me at the same time. Many of you asked to be notified when an "answer" had been found. One person suggested that the words might not be Irish or Scottish at all--they might be Norwegian. And, in the end, that is exactly what it turned out to be. The words are in Norwegian........they say... Erindring af Dom 29 November. (Apparently in old Norwegian) KMM 1807 In Remembrance of 29 November.....HMM 1807 Hans Mathias Moller - my gr-grandmother's grandfather. Another great lister found this as well for me, After all of these years thinking the medallion was of Irish-Scot origin, I now believe that it is from my gr-grandmother's family (Moller =M) from Trondheim, Norway. Thru marriage, the Mollers and the Littles came on down the generations, from Norway and Canada........to me. You were all wonderful............many, many thanks for all of the effort you put into finding the answer to this puzzle. If you wanted to take a last look, go to http://users.ecenet.com/wdcopper/medallion.html Jeanne