Vatican, City State. An Order Of Pope Pius Ix, Grand Cross Case, C.1885 Hold A Honour Cross of the

A Honour Cross of the World War 1914/18 for non-combatant veterans

residue on the edges from cleaning

A Queen's South Africa 1900 to the Rifle Brigade - Victoria

in October 1941

Ears discharged for about 3 weeks after (the) injury

Vatican, City State. An Order Of Pope Pius Ix, Grand Cross Case, C.1885 Hold A Honour Cross of the(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