Germany, Third Reich. A Priest/Chaplain’s Pectoral Cross Archive unmarked but printed on high-quality

unmarked but printed on high-quality period photo paper

inscribed in Latin "AEDEM IOACHIMIN ORBIS CATHOLICVS / SVMMO PARENTI D D" above and "XI KAL MART / MDCCCXCII" below

Tarnishing evident

His educational privileges had been limited

Germany, Third Reich. A Priest/Chaplain’s Pectoral Cross Archive unmarked but printed on high-quality(Brustkreuz). Constructed of a silvered bronze frame, the obverse hollowed and inset with a custom fitted wooden insert, riveted with a detailed depiction of Christ crucified, situated above a skull of Adam, topped by a banner bearing initials INRI for Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews), the reverse with six visible rivets securing the obverse features in place, topped by an integral suspension loop, unmarked,