Roll over image to zoom in if your browser does not zoom in, click on zoom. Home french jewels rings, signet rings cross of lorraine ring. The cross bears its title from the french king lothaire, who named one of his northeastern provinces after himself. This style is preferred my many people because it is less obtrusive in daily life and doesnt catch as much on things. The dominant motif of the ring is a double cross, the cross of lorraine. In most renditions, the horizontal bars are graded with the upper bar being the shorter, though variations with the bars of equal length are. Ever the cross of lorraine was believed to be first used on the battle colors of joan of arc. High quality ring, for a gift or a souvenir of lorraine. It has also been used by many professional soldiers and other. The top is an oval slab of white material, possibly.
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It has since been used as the symbol of many military units including. Between 1871 and 1918 and again between 1940 and 1944, the northeastern quarter of lorraine was annexed to germany, along with alsace. Mar 20, 20 the ring is not an official military decoration or emblem, and is not used in any capacity in the u. The cross of lorraine, known as cross of anjou in the 16th century, is a heraldic twobarred cross, consisting of a vertical line crossed by two shorter horizontal bars. Theatrical trailer for the 1944 world war ii drama the cross of lorraine starring jean pierre aumont, gene kelly and peter lorre. The cross of lorraine is primarily identified as a french resistance. Cross of lorraine magnum pi team ring solid sterling silver. A solid and heavy beautifully detailed quality mans ring in stainless steel. It is a heraldic cross, used by the dukes of lorraine previously known as the dukes of anjou. Small cross of lorraine pendant lorraine add to cart see details. Shop for inspiring religious and faithbased rings at james avery. Cross of lorraine sterling silver 925 ring magnum foreign. The cross of lorraine is primarily identified as a french resistance symbol, but its also used for many other purposes. Valily lorraine cross ring goldsilvertitanium stainless steel signet cross rings gift for men women size 7 4.
The band is 5mm wide which is the perfect width to showcase the astonishing detail on this ring. The lorraine cross is a latin cross with an upper bar and usually without a corpus in heraldry, the lorraine cross is a localised french form of patriarchal cross. Lorraine cross ring in gold plated 925 sterling silver magnum pi lorraine cross ring in solid sterling silver. Rene had indeed married isabelle of lorraine, the dukes only daughter. These horizontal lines, originally equal in length, developed into a shorter top horizontal line over a longer bottom horizontal line.