WWI Battle Beads® - Divine Mercy Chaplet

Reproduction of original WWI service combat rosaries from 1916
Italian Silver finish Three Nail Cross Crucifix
Highly detailed Divine Mercy centerpiece
Strong construction
Nickel-free Silver finish metal beads are no-tangle, no-rust
Double looped steel split rings for strength
Over 2400 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. 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. This version was made as a Divine Mercy Chaplet with a Divine Mercy centerpiece medallion. You can find the Divine Mercy Chaplet prayers here: https://help.ruggedrosaries.com/article/69-dm-prayers

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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Love the Rosary

I have bought 3 of the Knights of Columbus gun metal rosaries. The most recent purchase was for a priest friend. He received it tonight and is thrilled. My husband also has one and it has become his favorite. He told Father Jude how he liked the fact that the rosary doesn't tangle. We recommend these rosaries for a lifetime of praying. Thank you for such a beautiful product.

My Beautiful Spiritual Weapon

I ordered out of intuition. Beautiful and durable, this rosary came in clutch during a tough time in my life. I took it everywhere and still holds it's high quality shine. One of the best rosaries I own, my spiritual weapon.

Very beautiful and nice

Love It

Rugged and awesome

Very Nice Reproduction

This is a very nice rosary. I like it because it easily fits in a shirt or pants pocket when stored in the travel tin it comes with. The finish on the beads and cross is of high quality and it appears that it will last a long time. The spacing of the beads is quite generous and is a characteristic of this particular rosary that I am every fond of. I don't know how accurate this version is compared to the ones issued to WWI troops, but it is extremely well done. I recommend this without reservation.

A special gift for a special Navy sailor

I customized the Battle Beads rosary to reflect the unique circumstances and spiritual needs of a very special Sailor in the U.S. Navy. He is definitely one of those hard to buy for guys. I chose the style with the Mori skull bead and he loved every part of it. He said it was "really cool". He's a guy of few words and my daughter said she has never heard him say that over a gift. It has a nice weight and length and has a style that is reverant, artistic, masculine, and comment worthy. The shipping to Hawaii was less than one week - I'm very satisfied with the transaction. I will definitely consider another purchase from Rugged Rosaries. The quality and originality are hard to match any where at any price.

Fantastic rosary

I always carry a rosary in my pocket and, in the past, I would regularly have to *fix* that rosary before I could use it. Fed up, I searched for a more "rugged" rosary and ... voilà!

My new WWI Battle Beads are fantastic. I'm not sure I could break them if I tried, and I know that no matter where I am or what I'm doing -- hiking, doing farm work, working on a vehicle, etc. -- these will stand up and be just fine. I wish I had these when I was a police officer!

Thank you -- God Bless you -- for making such a fantastic product. I will be back to buy gifts for those I love!