Vatican, City State. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Cross Set By Tanfani & Bertarelli, C.1963 Newly Listed bronzed zink

bronzed zink

addressed to "Herrn Alois Kawan

1 cm (w) x 14

In 18K Gold gilt with red

Vatican, City State. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Cross Set By Tanfani & Bertarelli, C.1963 Newly Listed bronzed zink(Ordine di San Silvestro Papa). Instituted 1841. 1950 present Issue. Of Italian manufacture, a very well preserved and highly attractive Grand Cross set by Tanfani & Bertarelli, consisting of an enamelled white Maltese cross in silver gilt, embellishing by a faceted gilt frame, with quadrants projecting clusters of multiple rays of different length also in silver gilt, the obverse depicting a superposed portrait of St. Sylvester, on an enamelled deep