Vatican, Papal State. A Cased Order of Pope Pius IX, III. Class Knight, Type I, c. 1880 GTRexclude missing a green enamelled jewel

missing a green enamelled jewel in the base of the crown on the obverse

after the defeat of twelve German counterattacks at Emelie

The statue’s base has three bronze tablets which carry the names of the over 800 members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment

SURREY REGT

66 mm (w) x 79

Vatican, Papal State. A Cased Order of Pope Pius IX, III. Class Knight, Type I, c. 1880 GTRexclude missing a green enamelled jewel(Ordine di Pio IX). Instituted June 17th, 1847. (Type I, c. 1880). Constructed of 18kt Gold, consisting of a eight pointed star with blue enameled arms and with flames emanating from the center of the cross between the arms, with a central circular white enameled medallion inscribed Pius IX in gold, surrounded by a Golden ring inscribed with Virtuti et Merito (Virtue and Merit) in capitalized lettering, the reverse with a central circular white