Vatican, City State. An Order Of Pope Pius Ix, Grand Cross Case, C.1885 Hold measuring 108 mm (w) x

measuring 108 mm (w) x 122 mm (h)

very fine condition with damage to the spine

as mentioned in the London Gazette on January 1

Folttmann died on April 11

Vatican, City State. An Order Of Pope Pius Ix, Grand Cross Case, C.1885 Hold measuring 108 mm (w) x(Ordo Pianus or Ordine Piano). Instituted in 1847. Hardshelled design on both the lid and base, wooden framed, with distinctive rounded corners, the exterior with a red leather covering on five sides, and a red pebbled paper bottom, the lid bearing the embossed Papal coat of arms of Pope Leo XIII (1878 1903) in the centre, the arms containing a pine tree within a large oval fronted by an arched band, a radiant star at the upper left, in addition to