The supposed Holy Spear was unearthed from the floor of a Church during the Siege of Antioch (1098) by crusaders on the First Crusade, found by a poor and otherwise unknown monk named Peter Bartholomew. The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch is a reference to the mythical Holy Spear of Antioch. ![]() The Sovereign's Orb similarly has a band of jewels running along the centre, and a half-band on the top hemisphere, with a cruciform at the crest. The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch is a visual satire of a type of royal regalia known as a globus cruciger, specifically the Sovereign's Orb of the United Kingdom. ![]() ![]() The Sovereign's Orb of the United Kingdom, which The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch satirises
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