Vatican, Italian Unification. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Officer's Star, C.1950 certificate_of_authenticity handpainted obverse centrepiece

handpainted obverse centrepiece

SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (3376 Pte T

the obverse bearing a raised RAD insignia

Measuring 70 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

the scabbard measuring 268 mm in length

Vatican, Italian Unification. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Officer's Star, C.1950 certificate_of_authenticity handpainted obverse centrepiece(Ordine di San Silvestro Papa). Instituted 1841. A finely toned eight pointed star in silver, each arm composed of a cluster of five individual faceted rays of extending lengths, 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 detailed silver gilt portrait of St. Sylvester on an enamelled blue background, surrounded by a gilt