wooden frame with a chocolate brown simulated leather-look exterior on all sides
the belt exhibiting a rip in the fabric at the buckle end
the opposite end of the shoulder strap secured in place by a brass pin
In 1896 it also became an order awarded by the French and the recipient had to have entered as a knight
Philippines, Republic. An Ancient Order Of Sikatuna, Grand Cross (Datu) Breast Badge Auction wooden frame with a chocolate(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,