Vatican, City State. An Order Of Pope Pius Ix, Grand Cross Case, C.1885 Hold 1940 and concluding with Corporal

1940 and concluding with Corporal in early 1941

while none of the other five pockets are marked

as mentioned in the London Gazette on January 1

The scabbard measures 245 mm in length and is constructed of brown-painted magnetic metal

Vatican, City State. An Order Of Pope Pius Ix, Grand Cross Case, C.1885 Hold 1940 and concluding with Corporal(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