Description
Better then very fine condition overall
Underneath the moisture guard is a silver inscription of “STIRNDRUCKFREI DEUTSCHES REICHSPATENT”
Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia and mobilized in Halifax under the authority of G
the three pairs closet to the centre of the belt having been added by the owner
reverse with branches of oak leaves and laurel leaves above the inscription "K
Vatican, Italian Unification. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Officer's Star, C.1950 Buy Now Better then very fine condition(Ordine di San Silvestro Papa). Instituted 1841. A finely toned eight pointed star in silver, each arm composed of a cluster of five individual faceted rays of extending lengths, obverse presenting an enamelled white Maltese Cross in silver gilt, with multiple individual rays in each quadrant creating an illusion of a square, obverse centre featuring a detailed silver gilt portrait of St. Sylvester on an enamelled blue background, surrounded by a gilt