Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Our Nana's crucifix

In going through Mom's things, we have come across lots of little treasures. In so many cases, it would be interesting to know more about them. She had lots of religious articles- statues, crucifixes and rosaries. One crucifix was unusual. It had been our Nana's. It was made out of bullets. Eileen did some research on it and found out this information:

I googled the words on this crucifix Gott Mit Uns (God With Us) and found this.  This one looks just like her crucifix.
Was probably made by a German soldier during WWI, called a trench crucifix.  They would carry it and stick it in the mud when in the trench.  Has a German belt buckle in the center.  I know this was Nana's  because I remember seeing it at her apartment, but I don't know where she got it.  Wish I knew the story.
EileenNanas bullet crucifix.png

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