Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Sylvester, Commander by Tanfani & Bertarelli, with Case Province of China 1936 and signed in blue

1936 and signed in blue ink by Reich War Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht

he confronted Hitler in defense of

and is maker marked on the reverse ricasso

participated in combat operations against an opposing force

possibly Air Force related

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Sylvester, Commander by Tanfani & Bertarelli, with Case Province of China 1936 and signed in blueInstituted October 31, 1841. An Order of St. Sylvester in silver gilt, a white enamel Maltese Cross with a cluster of smooth rays in each quadrant, the obverse medallion featuring St. Sylvester on a blue enamel field, encircled by the inscription SANC. SILVESTER. P. M, reverse bearing the crest of the Vatican, with a blue enamel surround inscribed MDCCCXLI MCMV, measures 59. 0 mm (w) x 61. 4 m (h), marked on suspension loop TANFANI & BERTARELLI, worn