Do I have a "French WWI Military Issue Rosary?"

[batman6489]

Hello,

So I went on ebay and was looking around at rosaries and I came across one that said WWII Rosary. Of course, being me, I was interested. WWII is my favorite time period, and so I looked at the item, and it was only $20, and it came with a book, the case and a rosary. Plus the rosary was black, which I adore.

So I got it in the mail yesterday and it looks very worn, so I decided to do some “googling” online, and I came across something called “French WWI Military Issue Rosaries”. I was wondering if it is actually a WWI rosary instead of a WWII rosary.

I know we can’t know for sure, but I was wondering what you all think about this rosary. I’ll post some pics of it. Not amazing quality (phone)

https://imgur.com/8L7G8Hf

Also I was wondering what the stamp is on the back of the cross? I haven’t seen that yet in my short time involved in Catholicism. I’m not a member and I’ve only been research Catholicism for a while.

Thanks again.
Ashley W

 

[Irishmom2]

Turn the crucifix a bit and you will see the symbol is a sacred heart inside a crown of thorns.

 

[Joey97]

Honestly, I wouldn’t know what a French WWI Military Issue Rosary would look like, but they do sure look neat! I sadly could not find an image of one and I never even heard that the French military issued rosaries during the Great War.

 

[TK421]

What material are the beads?

 

[St_Francis]

Link to an EBay article about foreign military rosaries. You have to scroll down a long way to get to the French rosaries, and they talk about blacken, which I am bemused by.

From the description, it seems like yours could *maybe *be a French military rosary, which would really be very nice to have.

 

[steve93]

Make you sad what has happened to France and the road they have gone down, doesn’t it.

 

[Casilda]

Those rounded, elongated beads are easier on the fingers. It’s a beautiful rosary, good find.