The quality and rarity of the order suggest that a small number of these insignia were commissioned by a Priest or Bishop at the canonisation of Saint Rita of Cascia in 1900
credited with twenty-one years and 38 days' service
beige-coloured leather headband that features a reinforced strip of leather sewn at the front
IX - Canada and the West Indies
marked "B 18252" and maker marked "JOS
Poland, Republic. An Association Of Insurgents And Soldiers Cross, Type Iii (1918-1919) Auction The quality and rarity ofInsignia in silvered bronze with green enamels, mounted to a cross base in bronze gilt with black enamels, numbered "1186" and maker marked "ST. ZYGMANIAK" on the reverse, measuring 42. 5 mm (w) x 42. 5 mm (h), chipping and crazing evident in the green enamels on the wreath and the black enamels on the cross, scattered silvering wear on the eagle, original ribbon with pinback, fine.