Do you know the history of the Holy Face medal?

Brief history of the Holy Face medal

The medal of the Holy Face of Jesus, also called the "miraculous medal of Jesus" is a gift from Mary Mother of God and our Mother. On the night of May 31, 1938, the Servant of God Mother Pierina De Micheli, nun of the Daughters of the Immaculate Conception of Buenos Aires, was in the chapel of her Institute in Milan in via Elba 18. While she was immersed in deep adoration before the tabernacle , a Lady of celestial beauty appeared to her in a blazing light: she was the Most Holy Virgin Mary.
She was holding a medal in her hand as a gift which on one side had the effigy of the face of Christ dead on the cross imprinted on it, circumscribed by the biblical words "Make the light of your face shine upon us, Lord." On the other side there appeared a radiant Host limited by the invocation "Stay with us, Lord".

The cult of the S.Volto medal had ecclesiastical approval on August 9, 1940 with the blessing of Blessed Card.Ildefonso Schuster, Benedictine monk, very devoted to the S.Volto di Gesù, then Archbishop of Milan. After overcoming many difficulties, the medal was coined and began its journey. The great apostle of the medal of the Holy Face of Jesus was the servant of God, Abbot Ildebrando Gregori, a Silvestrian Benedictine monk, since 1940 the spiritual father of the servant of God Mother Pierina De Micheli. He made the medal known by word and deed in Italy, America, Asia and Australia. It is now widespread all over the world and in 1968, with the blessing of the Holy Father, Paul VI, it was placed on the moon by American astronauts.
It is admirable that the blessed medal is received with reverence and devotion by Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants and even non-Christians. All those who have had the grace to receive and carry the sacred icon with faith, people in danger, the sick, prisoners, persecuted, prisoners of war, souls tormented by the spirit of evil, individuals and families distressed by all kinds of difficulties, have experienced above them a particular divine protection, they found serenity, self-confidence and faith in Christ the Redeemer. In the face of these daily wrought and witnessed wonders, we hear the whole truth of the Word of God, and the cry of the psalmist springs spontaneously from the heart:
"LORD, SHOW US YOUR FACE AND WE WILL BE SAVED" (Psalm 79)