Iron shield presented to Don John of Austria by Pope Pius V for his services to Christendom after the victory at Lepanto, 1571.

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Iron shield presented to Don John of Austria by Pope Pius V for his services to Christendom after the victory at Lepanto, 1571. The inscription says, "Christ has Won the Victory; it is He who Reigns and Governs." From Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London circa 1880.

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