Vatican, Papal States. An Order Of St. Sylvester In Gold, Knight C.1855 GTRexclude with a laurel branch behind

with a laurel branch behind it

61 mm x 62 mm

with fine quality engraving on reverse "Vom OffiziersKorps Der Luftschifferabteilung"

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1866-1918 Issue

Vatican, Papal States. An Order Of St. Sylvester In Gold, Knight C.1855 GTRexclude with a laurel branch behind(Ordine di San Silvestro Papa). Instituted 1841. 1841 1870 issue. An early example in Gold, possibly of French manufacture, consisting of an enameled white Maltese Cross, with a rotating spur on the 6 oclock arm, featuring clusters of Gold rays in each quadrant, obverse centre exhibiting a superposed Gold portrait of St. Sylvestre on an enameled blue field, surrounded by the inscription SANC. SILVESTER P. M., plain reverse with central medallion