Vatican, Papal State. A Pontifical Equestrian Order of Saint Sylvester Pope & Martyer, Commander Cross Auction measuring 160 mm (w) x

measuring 160 mm (w) x 234 mm (h)

Instituted on 12

He was killed in action in Germany during the Second World War

and the Ottoman Empire

He then worked in several different jobs in the 1930s

Vatican, Papal State. A Pontifical Equestrian Order of Saint Sylvester Pope & Martyer, Commander Cross Auction measuring 160 mm (w) x(Ordine di San Silvestro Papa). Instituted October 31st, 1841. Constructed of gilded silver with blue and white enamels, suspended from a fixed loop and broad swivel ring from its period original neck ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, and with a strand of rays emanating from the centre in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central blue enameled medallion bearing a gilt portrayal of Saint