Initial cross

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With initial cross to designate a cross mark , which on a front of an inscription blade is attached. It is often etched or engraved in front of religious or private inscriptions . The sign of the cross itself can be represented in different forms ( Maltese cross , Johanniterkreuz ). Initial crosses can also be found on lettering on bells, in seals and on coins.

literature

  • Gerhard Seifert: Technical terms of edged weapons. German ABC of the European naked defensive weapons. (Cut, thrust, hit and hand thrown weapons). Verlag Seifert, Haig 1981.
  • Hermann Grote: Coin Studies , Hahn Verlag, 1868
  • Konrad Dieterich Haßler: The seal of the city of Ulm in the Middle Ages , 1850