Federal law mandates that the quality stamp must include the maker’s mark. Sterling Silver cross is marked with a quality stamp to ensure the content of the silver. Copper is typically combined to improve the metal’s hardness and durability without compromising the quality and look of the silver. Our Sterling silver medals/crosses are at least 92.5 percent pure silver. At the top of the cross usually stands the wordPax (peace) or the monogram I H S (Jesus). Round the margin stand the initial letters of the distich: “Vade Retro Satana, Nunquam Suade Mihi Vana - Sunt Mala Quae Libas, Ipse Venena Bibas” (Begone, Satan, do not suggest to me thy vanities - evil are the things thou profferest, drink thou thy own poison). The cross bears the medal with the initial letters of the words: “Crux Sacra Sit Mihi Lux” (The Holy Cross be my light), written downward on the perpendicular bar the initial letters of the words, “Non Draco Sit Mihi Dux”(Let not the dragon be my guide), on the horizontal bar and the initial letters of “Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti” in the angles of the cross. To serve as an efficacious remedy for bodily afflictions and a means of protection against contagious diseases.To afford protection against storms and lightning.To secure a timely and healthy birth for children.To serve as an armor against temptation.To obtain the conversion of sinners into the Catholic Church, especially when they are in danger of death.To impart protection to persons tempted, deluded, or tormented by evil spirits.
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