Vatican, Papal State. A Vatican Cross of Honour, c.1930 Buy Now Edward Grahame Johnstone

Edward Grahame Johnstone

large rosette on a five-sided Danish-style ribbon

The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Woodstock

retrieved from the infamous Austrian “beehive hoard” of surplus Wehrmacht tropical headgear in the 1970s

the Order of Mercy had

Vatican, Papal State. A Vatican Cross of Honour, c.1930 Buy Now Edward Grahame JohnstoneInstituted 1888. In silver gilt, a cross with fleur de lis in each arm, centre a medallion with the bust of Pope Leo XIII, facing left, within a circlet inscribed 'LEO XIII P. M. ANN. X.'. the reverse centre bears the crossed keys of the Vatican surrounded by 'PRO ECCLESIA ET PONTIFICE' (For the Church and the Holy See) in a circlet, the inscription on the arms reads 'CAL' (top), 'PRID' (left), 'IAN' (right) and '1888' (lower), measures 43. 8 mm (w) x