Product code: Travel Saint (Holy Mother retailer with baby Jesus) without case - 1914/1918 - war period - good luck
travel saint without case
period 1914/1918
soldiers in the trenches kept those little saints very close to them, hoping they would be protected. The cases were made with war material. That is way those objes are cold trench-art.
The case of this saint is missing.
little piece of carved wood inside the Saint - reason unknown
saint : the Holy Mother with baby Jesus - no inscription on the saint
height : 36 mm/1.41 inch
width retailer : 16 mm/0.62 inch
very good vintage condition