Germany, Imperial. A Rare Catholic Chaplain’s Pectoral Cross Archive black wool base

black wool base

surrounded by the inscription "DIVI PATRIS MONIMENENTVM INAVGVRATVM GRAECII" and dated "1841" below

measuring 1155 mm (l) x 34 mm (w)

in which he wrote that he had done so "for the reverence of God and the maintenance of our Christian Faith

the 12 o''clock arm inscribed "PYRENEES

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Catholic Chaplain’s Pectoral Cross Archive black wool base(Katholische Feldpektorale). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Latin Cross with lily petal arms, the obverse inset with a polished wooden cross inlay, in turn affixed with a raised and finely detailed depiction of Christ crucified, with his head surrounded by a halo, topped by a stylized banner bearing an inscription of INRI for IESUS NAZARENUS REX IUDAEORUM (JESUS OF NAZARETH, KING OF THE JEWS), the reverse with five visible rivets securing the