Vatican, Italian Unification. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Cross Star, C.1950 GTRexclude The interior of the cap

The interior of the cap features a 30 mm-wide sweatband constructed of black lacquered ribbon

the enamels without chips or cracks of any kind

dark bronze

with two silver overlays

A First War period issue in bronze gilt and beautifully detailed red enamels

Vatican, Italian Unification. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Cross Star, C.1950 GTRexclude The interior of the cap(Ordine di San Silvestro Papa). Instituted 1841. A toned eight pointed star in silver, each arm composed of a cluster of five individual faceted rays, obverse presenting an enamelled white Maltese Cross in silver gilt, with multiple individual rays in each quadrant creating an illusion of a square, obverse centre featuring a silver gilt portrait of St. Sylvester on an enamelled blue background, surrounded by a gilt border inscribed by SANC. SILVESTER