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Message:: [QUOTE="MG77, post: 332507, member: 6489"]Holy Cow, would you believe I actually own one of these? I have it in my pile of things to research. The items in the shadowbox are termed Arma Christi(Weapons of Christ) check it out on Wikipedia. The ones I have seen vary slightly, the "Thy Kingdom Come" sign is not in all of them. I could not find any info as to what makes the date significant. (Pope Pius IX did celebrate the 50th anniversary of his episcopal consecration in June 1877.) Some have the items in silver color, some are mixed silver and gold. The only one in the solds on Ebay($105) looks absolutely in new condition or recently rehabbed <a href="http://tiny.cc/n8xxqy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tiny.cc/n8xxqy" rel="nofollow">http://tiny.cc/n8xxqy</a> (weird frame)Prices FOR sale vary wildly....$750, 250, 280, 699, 94, 2980! So very interesting to me. Still have not found any info on a maker. One on Ebay says it's German, another claims made in Italy. Mine has no marks, it belonged to my nana-in-law who grew up Catholic,  but was not practicing in her adult life. It did hang in her bedroom but was probably found in the trash or given to her because someone was getting rid of it. Also the background scene is paper. Sorry so long. Marianne[/QUOTE]