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Description
Confederate "Southern Cross of Honor".The Confederate "Southern Cross of Honor" was designed by Mary Ann Erwin of Georgia, a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, in 1898 during a Confederate Veterans' reunion at Atlanta, Georgia as a way of honoring the Confederate veterans.
Manufactured by Charles W. Crankshaw of Atlanta, wearing of the crosses was limited to only Confederate veterans to whom the United Daughters of the Confederacy presented them. This example is un-named on the pendant. This example with a screw-back mounting. The lower "Maltese Cross" secured to the upper bar by a single loop has the words "Deo Vindice", the Latin for "God our Vindicator" and the words "Southern Cross Of Honor" at the four stations of the cross. The back of the medal shows a Confederate battle flag surrounded by the words "United Daughters of the Confederacy to the UCV" referring to the United Confederate Veterans. Sold in an attractive glass-topped wooden box.
Condition: Very good. Lacking mounting retaining nut.
Auction Info
2021 December 12 Arms & Armor, Civil War & Militaria Signature® Auction #6245 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2021
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