Vatican, Italian Unification. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Officer's Star, C.1950 Hold A Luftwaffe EM/NCO Cockade and

A Luftwaffe EM/NCO Cockade and Wreath

Instituted 24 May 1869 by Prince Henry XIV

constructed of of butterscotch coloured leather

one is maker marked "W

and existed formally from July 1

Vatican, Italian Unification. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Officer's Star, C.1950 Hold A Luftwaffe EM/NCO Cockade and(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