Old Crux Victorialis Medals Crosses Silver

[chadkeath]

Hi I am wanting to get some opinions/help on this old piece. Weight is 4oz and is stamped 835 and EVO. Someone decided to polish them. Not me haha! They are old. Any help on the EVO mark. The chain is detailed well and isn’t cheap. The E on the word EVO is like that of style you see in Europe. But any thoughts us appreciated. Thank you in advance.

 

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[Red-Coat]

Fancy-looking thing.

I don’t know what EVO stands for, but .835 silver has been a common standard in several European countries, including Germany. That’s where the cross is from… it’s an ‘Ulrichskreuz’ (Ulrich’s Cross). Ulrich was Bishop of Augsburg in Germany in the 10th Century and was the first saint to be canonized (in AD 993) by a Pope rather than by a local authority.

Crosses like this are usually worn by Catholics who have made a pilgrimage to his sepulchre at Ausburg, where they can be purchased as souvenirs. Historically he’s also the patron saint of pregnant women (and easy births) as well as the cross being held as healing for those bitten by rabid dogs.

There have been numerous variations of the cross over the centuries, but that one is obviously relatively modern. There was an explosion of these souvenirs during and following the festival week (2nd – 11th July) in the ‘Ulrich Year’ of 1955, so it may well date from that time.

 

[Mackaydon]

Your Victoria medal has been described online as:
Ulrichskreuz or 'Crux Victorialis' of Augsburg, c. 1550

An elaborate military engagement between opposing cavalry. Three-line inscription between sprays of laurel. CRUX VICTORIALIS Silver, with feint traces of gilding, cast. 57 x 52 mm. (2.30 x 2.10 inches).
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Notes: This medal commemorates the battle of Lechfeld in 955 between the Saxons and the Magyars. So celebrated was the Saxon victory and the accompanying military campaigns that they were commemorated on Ulrichskreuz or Crux Victorialis. They date from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century and are all of a maltese cross form, and approximate to a standard design. The later issues tend to be in brass or copper and somewhat crudely struck. This piece is of a particularly high quality and early period of manufacture, coinciding as it does with the growth of Augsburg as a centre of the goldsmith and medal-making industry in Germany in the sixteenth century.
Don......
PS: I'm referring to this cross:

Relicas of this piece are plentiful.
Don....

 

[Red-Coat]

Your Victoria medal has been described online as:
Ulrichskreuz or 'Crux Victorialis' of Augsburg, c. 1550

An elaborate military engagement between opposing cavalry. Three-line inscription between sprays of laurel. CRUX VICTORIALIS Silver, with feint traces of gilding, cast. 57 x 52 mm. (2.30 x 2.10 inches).
.
Notes: This medal commemorates the battle of Lechfeld in 955 between the Saxons and the Magyars. So celebrated was the Saxon victory and the accompanying military campaigns that they were commemorated on Ulrichskreuz or Crux Victorialis. They date from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century and are all of a maltese cross form, and approximate to a standard design. The later issues tend to be in brass or copper and somewhat crudely struck. This piece is of a particularly high quality and early period of manufacture, coinciding as it does with the growth of Augsburg as a centre of the goldsmith and medal-making industry in Germany in the sixteenth century.
Don......
PS: I'm referring to this cross:

Don..

Much as I respect your opinion and your remarkable ID skills, I would have to disagree. The imagery from that medal has been used numerous times since then on medals and awards, adopted into various coats of arms and also used by the Catholic church. I think it's a modern recreation, as a religious souvenir from Ulrich's shrine in Augsburg.

 

[Mackaydon]

Red-Coat,
Please note my " PS" I entered five minutes before your last comment.
Don......

 

[Red-Coat]

Red-Coat,
Please note my " PS" I entered five minutes before your last comment.
Don......

Sorry Don... didn't see it before I replied.