Vatican, Italian Unification. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Officer's Star, C.1950 Hold maker marked "STEMPEL MÜLLER BREMEN"

maker marked "STEMPEL MÜLLER BREMEN" on the reverse

the belt measuring 48 mm x 1

one of the last occasions boarding parties went into action with the cutlass

251 mm x 304 mm

He was a veteran of the First War

Vatican, Italian Unification. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Officer's Star, C.1950 Hold maker marked "STEMPEL MÜLLER BREMEN"(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