Philippines, Republic. An Ancient Order Of Sikatuna, Grand Cross (Datu) Breast Badge United Republic of 76 mm (w) x 65

76 mm (w) x 65

Badge with full length of sash ribbon

After two weeks recuperation at Buchy

Royal Field Artillery was awarded the Military Cross

Philippines, Republic. An Ancient Order Of Sikatuna, Grand Cross (Datu) Breast Badge United Republic of 76 mm (w) x 65(Orden ni Sikatuna), Instituted in 1953. Three piece construction, in silver gilt with red, white, ultramarine blue and dark blue enamels, in the shape of a Maltese cross with a sea lion emerging from the waves between the four arms of the cross, the centrepiece illustrating two arms, one gauntleted in European style and the other in tortoiseshell mail, both of which hold daggers that drop blood into a cup resting upon a treaty parchment scroll,