Greetings, this cross was aquired in a small Vet. family grouping recently. It came with a NSDAP banner, armband and police sleeve eagle. I have searched here under both Chaplain and Crucifix and have found only the following pics. Would this be for a Catholic chapain? I didnt find a period pic of one in wear. All comments appreciated. Best, Bill Bourque
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I know there are 2 kinds
This is one I had .
I may be mistaken but yours appears to be a normal European Catholic Cross.
Wait for others to chime in.
There were 2 different crosses, one for Evangelical Chaplains and one for Catholics.
Mine pictured is Evangeliacal.Iam Uncle Sam
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The black wood & silver Catholic Cross posted by hs132 is not military & not even connected to WW2. They used to be worn by Catholic Nuns on their Habits years ago, & they came in different sizes. A firm that dealt in fakes in the 1970's, "WW#2 LTD, St. Louis, MO," bought up a large lot of them, & sold them as "WW2 German" , priced @ $5, as pictured in their 1978 catalog on page 24, item #4108. These Crosses were a perfect candidate to the fake-peddlers as "Chaplain's Crosses". These things keep poping up at all the gun shows & flea markets.Comment
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Here is a priest from the Weimar eraComment
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Can you email me the whole pictureOriginally posted by naxos View Post
Tough Holy Joe if he was awarded the EK I as a preist.
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Anyone got a catholic WW2 one to show? I know sometimes if you comb flea market here in Germany you will find them mixed in with the hundreds of post war black ones.Iam Uncle Sam
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Here you have mine.
Collector of Kriegsmarine and Küstenartillerie items
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Eduardo
Collecting Kriegsmarine !!!: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=725610
sigpic "Deutsche Kriegsmarine"Comment
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Very nice! Same style chain I had.Originally posted by km-spain View PostHere you have mine.
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Hello, thanks for the followup. I have no explaination for its presence in the grouping. I do now faintly recall almost having my left eye poked out by a similar cross when an eager Nun was pointing out a grammar mistake at my desk about 1963. Best, BillComment
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Since it is marked Germany you can rule it out 100%. That means it was made for export.Comment
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pre war exports also were marked germany.Comment
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This was once in the Wolfe-Hardin collection:NEC SOLI CEDITComment
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