ANTIQUE 18TH CENTURY GERMAN CROSS OF ST. BENEDICT BATTLE OF LECHFELD CROSS MEDAL for Sale

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ANTIQUE 18TH CENTURY GERMAN CROSS OF ST. BENEDICT BATTLE OF LECHFELD CROSS MEDAL For Sale

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ANTIQUE 18TH CENTURY GERMAN CROSS OF ST. BENEDICT BATTLE OF LECHFELD CROSS MEDAL:
$105.00

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All our listed items are original Christian devotionals.Some may have been cleaned or polished before their arrival by their lastcaretaker.

Please double click the main picture as there are manyother pictures behind it that will appear. These are devotional medals fromConvents we work with as well as collector estates from Europe and SouthAmerica that have entrusted their medals to us to help several convents we work with.

You are offerding on a rare Soldiers Protection Cross ofSaint Benedict with cherubs flying over a battle scene, a Papal Mitre (crown)above, and Benedictine prayers shields left and right. This piece is like othersthat have been worn by soldiers involved in combat in Europe for centuries. Onthe back side is the Battle of Lichfield, 955 A.D.

The Battle of Lechfeld was a series of militaryengagements over the course of three days from 10–12 August 955 in which theKingdom of Germany led by king Otto I the Great annihilated the Hungarian armyled by harka Bulcsú and the chieftains Lél and Súr. With this German victoryfurther invasions by the Magyars into Latin Europe were ended.

This medals dating can be confirmed on pages 2 & 3 ofthe book AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS MEDALS, by Bob Forrest, and published byNUMISMATICA INTERNATIONAL in 2004. In addition, this book has chapters(outlined in the table of contents), describing each of the categories ofmedals, their possible place of pilgrimage (acquisition), and origin of themint where they were made. We recommend that anyone serious about collectingmedals from this period, acquire a copy of this book.

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