Vatican, City State. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Cross Set By Tanfani & Bertarelli, C.1963 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with some enamel restoration

with some enamel restoration

left side exhibiting a scuffed and faded Army (Heer) eagle

In silver with green and white enamels

mounted on original ribbon with rosette

all attachment pins intact

Vatican, City State. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Cross Set By Tanfani & Bertarelli, C.1963 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with some enamel restoration(Ordine di San Silvestro Papa). Instituted 1841. 1950 present Issue. Of Italian manufacture, a very well preserved and highly attractive Grand Cross set by Tanfani & Bertarelli, consisting of an enamelled white Maltese cross in silver gilt, embellishing by a faceted gilt frame, with quadrants projecting clusters of multiple rays of different length also in silver gilt, the obverse depicting a superposed portrait of St. Sylvester, on an enamelled deep