Vatican. Order Of St. Sylvester, Knight's Breast Badge, Type Ii (1880-Current) certificate_of_authenticity unmarked cross but certainly of

unmarked cross but certainly of WW1 period Austrian manufacture

inscribed "Dear Lord

scored two direct bomb hits on the bow of the hostile vessel which eventually sank

measuring 29 mm x 25 mm

maker marked on reverse RUDOLF SOUVAL WIEN

Vatican. Order Of St. Sylvester, Knight's Breast Badge, Type Ii (1880-Current) certificate_of_authenticity unmarked cross but certainly ofIn silver gilt with navy blue and white enamels, measuring 43 mm (w) x 45. 2 mm (h), crazing and chipping evident in the white enamels on the star points on both sides, original ribbon with safety pin attachment, very fine. Footnote: The Pontifical Equestrian Order of Saint Sylvester Pope and Martyr, also referred to as the Sylvestrine Order, or the Pontifical Order of Pope Saint Sylvester, is one of five Orders of Knighthood awarded directly by the