Vatican, City State. An Order Of Pope Pius Ix, Grand Cross Case, C.1885 Hold in October 1941

in October 1941

with attractive patina on the obverse from age

surrounded by an inscription that translates as "Captain Karl Spindler

a Deutsche Abreitsfront (German Labour Front) Membership Pin

Ears discharged for about 3 weeks after (the) injury

Vatican, City State. An Order Of Pope Pius Ix, Grand Cross Case, C.1885 Hold in October 1941(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