Vatican, Papal State. A Vatican Cross of Honour, c.1930 Buy Now heat-sensitive adhesive backer

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

The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Woodstock

the Order of Mercy had

the obverse with a central monogram of Franz Joseph I circumscribed by an inscription of “VIRIBUS UNITIS” (“UNITED FORCES”)

Vatican, Papal State. A Vatican Cross of Honour, c.1930 Buy Now heat-sensitive adhesive backerInstituted 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