Gilded metal pectoral cross depicting Christ crucified, surm - Lot 90

Gilded metal pectoral cross depicting Christ crucified, surmounted in relief by the INRI inscription "Iesus`Nazarenus Rex Judaeorum", his arms framed by the Christian lithurgic phrase: ESSE LIGNUM CRUCIS IN QVO SALVS MVNDI (here is the wood of the Cross, in which is the salvation of the world), the calves surrounded by falling stars. Signed lower right PY. Early 20th century. To be compared with an identical model preserved in the sacristy of the Nativité-de-la-Vierge parish church in Bréménil (Meurthe-et-Moselle-Badonviller) and made by Denis-Ferdinand Py (1887-1949), a French sculptor and engraver of the first half of the 20th century. H. 6.5 cm and L. 5.5 cm Very good condition