Ulrich cross

[1] According to late medieval legend, Saint Ulrich was present at the Battle of the Lechfeld on 10 August 955.

Historically, Ulrich was present, unarmed, with the defenders of Augsburg who went out to meet the invaders on 7 August.

[1] Ulrich probably acquired his single piece of the True Cross on a trip to Rome.

Originally designed to be worn in a pectoral cross, in 1494 it was placed within a cross-shaped Gothic case designed by goldsmith Georg Seld [de] and his brother Nikolaus, commissioned by Abbot Johannes von Giltlingen.

Most surviving examples come from Germany and Alsace–Lorraine, but some are found in museum collections further afield.