Vatican, Papal State. A Cased Order of Pope Pius IX, III. Class Knight, Type I, c. 1880 Province of China & British War and Victory

& British War and Victory Medal (412227 Pte

1942 to a Leutnant of the 25th Panzer Grenadier Regiment

An additional modern binder is included which contents a large collection of original documents

BRUNEI (2276 CPL

measuring 33 mm (w) x 50

Vatican, Papal State. A Cased Order of Pope Pius IX, III. Class Knight, Type I, c. 1880 Province of China & British War and Victory(Ordine di Pio IX). Instituted June 17th, 1847. (Type I, c. 1880). Constructed of 18kt Gold, consisting of a eight pointed star with blue enameled arms and with flames emanating from the center of the cross between the arms, with a central circular white enameled medallion inscribed Pius IX in gold, surrounded by a Golden ring inscribed with Virtuti et Merito (Virtue and Merit) in capitalized lettering, the reverse with a central circular white