Vatican, Papal States. An Order Of St. Sylvester In Gold, Knight C.1855 Buy Now Medal for the Capture of

Medal for the Capture of Vienna (in brass

The cuff title measures 36 mm in width

consisting of a silvered tombac wreath and a patinated tombac eagle

overlapping horizontal “U” shaped closure panel with a single

Vatican, Papal States. An Order Of St. Sylvester In Gold, Knight C.1855 Buy Now Medal for the Capture of(Ordine di San Silvestro Papa). Instituted 1841. 1841 1870 issue. An early example in Gold, possibly of French manufacture, consisting of an enameled white Maltese Cross, with a rotating spur on the 6 oclock arm, featuring clusters of Gold rays in each quadrant, obverse centre exhibiting a superposed Gold portrait of St. Sylvestre on an enameled blue field, surrounded by the inscription SANC. SILVESTER P. M., plain reverse with central medallion