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The medallion is not the Pazuzu amulet. It is a St. Joseph medal.
A St. Joseph medal was found at the Iraq dig, probably deposited there by some devout Christian to dampen the “pagan power” of the religious artifacts that were being unearthed.
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In their struggle, Regan tears a St. Joseph medal off Karras' neck. Of course, this is not the Iraqi St. Joseph medal, but just a personal medal belonging to Karras for who knows how many years. Perhaps his mother gave it to him. The symbolism, some say, is that the demon will not “come into” Karras until the “protection” of the holy medal is removed first.
No, it was just part of one of Regan's clay toy sculptures. Presumably it got knocked off her window sill when she threw Dennings out her window. In the novel, Kinderman scrapes paint from Regan's sculptures and lab analysis shows that it matches the paint used in the church desecrations, thus indicating Regan as the culprit. Regan made a lot of sculptures and other artwork, but she never drew, painted, or sculpted Pazuzu.
A lot of people do, since audiences have been set up with “the demonic” as expressed in amulets and statuary. But if you look closely and freeze frame the film, you can see that the figurine that Kinderman turns over in his hands looks something like a turtle.
Hope you enjoy it. It's somewhat different from the original theatrical release, of course, but I enjoyed most of it.
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