Vatican, Italian Unification. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Officer's Star, C.1950 Hold extensive chipping in the blue

extensive chipping in the blue enamels on the reverse

which he began to do in Yorktown

the date is Dec 1938

Accompanied by photocopies of two pages of his service records

Vatican, Italian Unification. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Officer's Star, C.1950 Hold extensive chipping in the blue(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