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The remembrance cross employs an explicitly Christian symbol, linking the loss of a deceased soldier with the sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross.
A remembrance cross is usually decorated with a remembrance poppy and the phrase "Remembrance" or "In Remembrance", Remembrance crosses are produced by the Poppy Factory in Richmond and Lady Haig's Poppy Factory in Edinburgh, which also produce remembrance poppies and wreaths. A remembrance cross lying on a bed of remembrance poppies at a service in Helmand, AfghanistanĪ remembrance cross is a small wooden cross used to remember the sacrifice of the armed forces in the United Kingdom, particularly during Remembrancetide, the period of the annual Poppy Appeal.
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