Vatican, Papal State. An Order Of St. Sylvester & Of The Golden Spur, II Class Commander, C.1935 Newly Listed 29 September 1941)

29 September 1941)

Miniature: three-piece construction

with a characteristic and unique to the class purple flower blossom laurel suspension

with a lightly knurled 51 mm needle

Ausschau nach dem Feind - looking for the enemy

Vatican, Papal State. An Order Of St. Sylvester & Of The Golden Spur, II Class Commander, C.1935 Newly Listed 29 September 1941)(Ordine die San Silvestro e dello Speron d'Oro). Instituted in 1841. Multi piece construction, in silver gilt with white and blue enamels, coppered background around the saint's head where the blue enamels once resided on the obverse centrepiece, measuring 56. 2 mm (w) x 58. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, the left point of the arm at 6 o'clock bent back slightly from contact thereby causing chipping and crazing in the white enamels on both