Miner's Russian Orthodox Cross
notes: label: Description
content: Michael Simon, a Latvian immigrant and devout member of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Old Believers wore this Orthodox Cross as he labored in Pennsylvania coal mines during the 1890s. The Russian Orthodox Cross has three bars, the top represents the plate with INRI (Latin initials for Jesus, King of the Jews) and the bottom bar is a slanted footstool.
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0285.01
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0285.01
label: accession number
content: 2013.0285
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cross
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)