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Actual Size (not shown): 3/4" x 1 3/8"
Solid 14k gold.
It is reported that this cross was given to troops by
the Tsar of Russia. This design incorporates the St. Andrew Cross with
extensive lettering "King of Glory" appears in Slavonic abbreviation at
the top. IC XC for "Jesus Christ" is on the upper cross bar, "Sn Bzhii"
for "Son of God" on the lower cross bar. At the base there is a skull with a G and an A on either
side for "the skull of Adam", and the letters MLRB for "the place of the
skull has become Paradise". To the left of the upright is a spear, and
the right a staff with a sponge. On the reverse side is the Slavonic verse,
"Let God arise…" Tradition teaches that when the Apostle Andrew preached
in southern Russia he placed a life-size three-bar cross at his side.
While explaining the Last Judgment he tilted the foot plate to signify
that those on the right side of Christ will go up into heaven and those
on the left will go down into hell.
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