Name that bust

[GatorBoy]

I'm hoping someone can help me identify the bust on this devotional pendant I found metal detecting a couple days ago.
It has a depiction of Jesus (sacred heart) on one side and a bust of what I'm guessing is a saint or a Pope of the time on the other.
I found it in an area with items old enough to contain the skeleton key that I have photoed here also.
I apologize for the lack in quality of the photos as I'm only working with a cell phone at the moment

 

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[DigIron2]

I dont know.will it clean up any better?might say something around bust's.neat find

 

[GatorBoy]

I could probably clean it a lot better but I'm trying not to make an old item look like new if you know what I mean

 

[GatorBoy]

Maybe it's not all that old it sure looks like it could be Pope Paul VI "1963-1978"
Hard to say though something looks wrong about the nose

 

[DigIron2]

Maybe it's not all that old it sure looks like it could be Pope Paul VI "1963-1978"
Hard to say though something looks wrong about the nose

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looks like it,but is facing a different way

 

[DigIron2]

oops!never mind,did it fall off a old roserie?

 

[GatorBoy]

It could have. Catholic devotional metals like these have been worn and displayed in many ways for a very long time

 

[DigIron2]

looks like silver,pretty neat peace

 

[GatorBoy]

Pretty sure it's brass.. but yeah.. it felt personal and kinda special when I removed it from being trapped in the ground.

 

[DigIron2]

good save man,nice find.I take it you found that other example too?

 

[GatorBoy]

Thanks.. I didn't find the other.
Still looking for an example or info on this piece.