Vatican, Italian Unification. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Officer's Star, C.1950 Hold Schmidt’s next promotion

Schmidt’s next promotion

two hole punched on the front cover

He arrived at the Canadian Artillery Pool on April 11th

one of the last occasions boarding parties went into action with the cutlass

Hoffmeister

Vatican, Italian Unification. An Order Of St. Sylvester, Grand Officer's Star, C.1950 Hold Schmidt’s next promotion(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