Philippines, Republic. An Ancient Order Of Sikatuna, Commander (Lakan) Badge Auction with minor enamel loss to

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

studio marked in the lower left corner

marked on the ring V

constructed of iron and neusilber

Philippines, Republic. An Ancient Order Of Sikatuna, Commander (Lakan) Badge Auction with minor enamel loss to(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