Disc brooch with cross representation

Foto: AMHMiddle Age

Hamburg Archaeological Museum
Hamburg, Germany

By wearing brooches with Christian symbolism their owners confessed to their new faith. The disc shaped ones that are decorated with a cross were found in graves on the cemetery of Wulfsen.

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Title: Disc brooch with cross representation
Creator: Foto: AMH
Date: Middle Age
Location: Wulfsen, Kr. Harburg, Niedersachsen
Provenance: Archäologisches Museum Hamburg Stadtmuseum Harburg|Helms-Museum
Type: Brooch
Medium: Bronze

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