Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Pius IX, Officer in Gold, c.1900 Buy Now and circumscribed by an oval

and circumscribed by an oval ring bearing a raised inscription of “MIT H IN COBURG 1922-1932” (“WITH H IN COBURG 1922-1932”)

He signed his Attestation as a Private (297) with D Squadron

appeared in the Supplement to the London Gazette 30621 of Tuesday

2) (Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz)

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Pius IX, Officer in Gold, c.1900 Buy Now and circumscribed by an oval(Ordine di Pio IX). Instituted June 17th, 1847. A scarce award of extremely fine craftsmanship, in 18kt Gold, consisting of a blue enameled eight pointed star with rays of sun emanating from the center of the award between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a circular central white enameled medallion inscribed Pius IX, surrounded by a Gold ring inscribed with Virtuti et Merito (Virtue and Merit), the reverse of the same design, the central