Vatican, Papal State. A Vatican Cross of Honour, c.1930 Buy Now in turn situated above a

in turn situated above a tri-colour cockade with a red wool centrepiece

large rosette on a five-sided Danish-style ribbon

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

A calling card of The President

Edward Grahame Johnstone

Vatican, Papal State. A Vatican Cross of Honour, c.1930 Buy Now in turn situated above aInstituted 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