
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 a new beautiful upgraded quality Pardon Crucifix, the WWI Battle Beads rosaries are the closest replica available to the vintage antique service combat rosaries from 1916!
These rosaries are quite strong, do not tangle, are small and portable, and very easy to carry in your pocket. The nickel-free Silver finished brass chains are no-rust, no-tangle, and have a great weight and feel.
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 box for presentation 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 read more about the original antique WWI service rosary HERE.
The Pardon Crucifix grants indulgences. For more information about the Pardon Crucifix, you can download a printable .pdf file about it by clicking HERE.
Thank you for shopping and God Bless.
** Please note that the centerpiece medal is sometimes depicted in English, and sometimes in Latin, however, we only use the finest quality available from Italy. The different versions are due to availability and supply issues.
I am very pleased with my order and love my beautiful rosary beads. I recently had them blessed. Thank you for making these beautiful products. God bless!
I bought this rosary for a Vietnam veteran friend who shares the same birthday as me because using the same rosary has become my favorite. The only change I will make if I buy another is to have the extra medals spaced out on the beads. I love this company and will continue to support them in the future.
This is a well constructed rosary. 20 decades, plenty of room for problems but that is not so with this well constructed rosary. Top that with beautiful craftsmanship on beads and medals. To use a colloquial term "a crowd pleaser". There will be many prayers done with this rosary for many intercessions.
I received my first set of these rosaries as a gift. Unfortunately, I lost them.
By far these beads are the absolute most durable I’ve ever owned.
I felt sick having lost something so precious.
I was able to replace them and will take special precautions to keep them safe.
My one hope is that whoever found my lost set is able to put them to good use.
Dan C
Parkersburg WV
This is my second purchase. I love the quality of your products! As Padre Pio said, "The Rosary is the Weapon" and when I hold your rosary I know it is a weapon! They are contructed unlike any other rosary that I have seen. Thank you for creating such wonderful products.
Purchased several of these high quality Rosaries and ALL of them are very well made, beautiful, and rugged as advertised. Crucifixes and medals are larger too, which I also really like.
My only complaint, (and this is just my own personal preference), is that I wish the Our Father beads were of a larger caliber/size than the decade beads. With the knots and same size Our Father beads as the rest of the beads, I find it harder to distinguish the Our Father beads from the decade beads by feel with my eyes closed and focusing on the Rosary prayer mysteries.
I am a repeat customer. I purchased a rosary for myself and was very pleased. A couple of weeks later I bought another one for a friend birthday.
I am a repeat customer. I purchased a rosary for myself and was very pleased. A couple of weeks later I bought another one for a friend who is battling cancer. I asked that the rosary for my friend be sent as soon as possible due to the gravity of his health condition. Not only did they expedite shipment, but they sent a brown scapular and some motivating prayer cards at no additional expense to me. I am grateful and feel blessed because of this. Thank you!
CUSTOMER CARE
Contact Us
Information Center
Shipping Information
Returns and Exchanges
DISCOUNTS for HEROES
CoVid-19 Policies
Terms of Service
Privacy and Security Policy
Blog
Email: Support@RuggedRosaries.com
Rugged Rosaries is a registered trademark - Reg. No. 4,779,215.
WWI Battle Beads is a registered trademark - Reg. No. 5,445,339.
The Rugged Rosaries Logo is a registered trademark - Reg. No. 5,721,668.
Knights of Columbus is a registered trademark - Reg. No. 1,596,950.
Protected by Copyscape
Copyright © 2023