WWI Battle Beads® - St. Benedict Crucifix

Reproduction of original WWI service combat rosaries from 1916
Italian Silver finish St. Benedict Crucifix
Highly detailed Miraculous Our Lady centerpiece
Strong construction
Nickel-free Silver finish metal beads are no-tangle, no-rust
Double looped steel split rings for strength
Optional medals may be added (up to 4)
Over 2100 5-Star ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reviews
Free pocket-sized round tin for portability and storage

This compact all-metal rosary is rugged, functional, and portable. It has a meaningful history, as it is a replica of the service combat rosaries issued by the government to soldiers, sailors, and flying aces during WWI. Now with slightly larger Our Father beads, the WWI Battle Beads rosaries are the closest replica available to the vintage antique service combat rosaries from 1916!

These rosaries are quite strong, small and portable, and very easy to carry in your pocket. The chains are beautiful nickel-free silver patina finish over brass which makes them weighty and very comfortable in your hands.

The Our Father beads are slightly larger to aid in meditative prayer. You can feel where you are as you move through prayers and at 21" long, they are wearable but still bunch up small enough to carry in your pocket.

Although the WWI Battle Beads Rosary is rugged enough to carry in your pocket, we do include a small round tin for portability and storage.

As with all Rugged Rosaries, you may add optional medals. We recommend only adding up to 4. Some of our photos show an optional medal attached.

You can rest assured you are getting the highest quality and best workmanship. We have been creating these in our own studio since 2012.

You can read more about the antique WWI service rosary HERE.

Thank you for shopping and God bless.

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Inspirational

My first purchase was two corded rosaries, but after working with customer service was able to return them for WW1 rosaries. As soon as I saw them, I was thrilled. My rosary is a very important part of my life. I don't want it to be gaudy or unnecessarily ornate. I want it to be functional, but designed in a way it becomes a part of the attraction of praying the rosary. I of course forget all about the rosary itself during prayer, but prior to (and maybe it's the tin case, or the design) it draws me to reflection. The WW1 rosaries are simply perfect. So, after the initial poor experience, which was followed by a great experience thanks to customer service, I purchased a 4th and 5th WW1 rosary for my two daughters. Our family of 5 all pray the rosary using our Rugged Rosaries - WW1.

Absolutely love it!

My one and only gripe is I would like the overall necklace part to be a bit longer. I don't wear my rosarie around my neck. I like to wear it around my hand and wrist. The length makes it hard to do that.

Very pleased as always

A beautiful Rosary that helps me contemplate the mysteries each morning. Thank you.

High-quality product

I purchased a gunmetal rosary from this site, after two previous rosaries I'd had broke. The craftsmanship is great, and the quality of the metal gives me the feeling that this Rosary will last me a while - I'm looking forward to using this Rosary for a long time!

Received my Rosary when promised. I really liked the fact that they indicated when it would be delivered by the USPS. It was exactly what I needed. The recent Rosary I bought at a religious goods store was almost twice as much, and just not very sturdy - it kept breaking on me. Really like this Rugged Rosary.

Awesome

The a rosary Beads are beautiful and the provided tin can holder fits nicely in my pocket. I have large work hands and the rosary is very easy to use. I just added a layer of Cotten to the can to prevent the rosary from rattling while I move around.