Philippines, Republic. An Ancient Order Of Sikatuna, Commander (Lakan) Badge Auction measuring 90 mm (h) x

measuring 90 mm (h) x 69 mm (w)

marked on the ring V

with minor enamel loss to obverse as well as reverse of 12 o'clock arm

fair condition with serious fraying around left and right

studio marked in the lower left corner

Philippines, Republic. An Ancient Order Of Sikatuna, Commander (Lakan) Badge Auction measuring 90 mm (h) x(Orden ni Sikatuna), Instituted in 1953. Three piece construction, in silver gilt with red, white and ultramarine 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, representing the