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<p>[QUOTE="Fid, post: 4027080, member: 7724"]<font size="4">nice. cross pattée as basic form with the typical end-paws. purple stones might hint towards a Bishop or his environment.</font></p><p><font size="4">as Pau is near the Spanish border and had a railway line to Canfranc in Spain (sadly closed, still spectacular to follow on the nearby roads) it may be of Spanish origin.</font></p><p><font size="4">or another possibility is the Italian Order of Maurice and Lazarus that has spikes in the mid as well.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fid, post: 4027080, member: 7724"][SIZE=4]nice. cross pattée as basic form with the typical end-paws. purple stones might hint towards a Bishop or his environment. as Pau is near the Spanish border and had a railway line to Canfranc in Spain (sadly closed, still spectacular to follow on the nearby roads) it may be of Spanish origin. or another possibility is the Italian Order of Maurice and Lazarus that has spikes in the mid as well.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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