Vatican, Papal State. A Cased Order of Pope Pius IX, III. Class Knight, Type I, c. 1880 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The collar is flanked on

The collar is flanked on each side by tabs composed of carmine-coloured wool base bearing machine-embroidered twisted silver aluminum bullion wire columns

maker marked "26" (B

as well as several images of HJ and Bund Deutscher Mädel personnel

the reverse with a partially legible stamp inscribed “RESTAURANT MÜLLER”

Vatican, Papal State. A Cased Order of Pope Pius IX, III. Class Knight, Type I, c. 1880 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The collar is flanked on(Ordine di Pio IX). Instituted June 17th, 1847. (Type I, c. 1880). Constructed of 18kt Gold, consisting of a eight pointed star with blue enameled arms and with flames emanating from the center of the cross between the arms, with a central circular white enameled medallion inscribed Pius IX in gold, surrounded by a Golden ring inscribed with Virtuti et Merito (Virtue and Merit) in capitalized lettering, the reverse with a central circular white