Vatican, City State. An Order Of Pope Pius Ix, Grand Cross Case, C.1885 Auction Archive We were quickly ready to

We were quickly ready to receive them

and Defence Medal (unnamed)

the obverse with a silver gilt cipher of Friedrich I within a bed of white enamels

surmounted by stylised Brazilian crown also in gold

Vatican, City State. An Order Of Pope Pius Ix, Grand Cross Case, C.1885 Auction Archive We were quickly ready to(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