Vatican, Papal States. An Order Of St. Sylvester In Gold, Knight C.1855 Buy Now along with two tiny holes

along with two tiny holes above the left earpiece

consisting of a silvered tombac wreath and a patinated tombac eagle

Invitation: 4 pp

in silver gilt with well executed green and white enameling

It was officially confirmed by Pope Pius IV in 1561

Vatican, Papal States. An Order Of St. Sylvester In Gold, Knight C.1855 Buy Now along with two tiny holes(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