Vatican. An Order Of The Advocates Of St. Peter, Commander's Star, C.1900 Buy Now with enamel loss to reverse

with enamel loss to reverse suspension

Second type

with its original ribbon of issue (worn) and an additional period-original mint and unissued ribbon

padded pilot wing

Vatican. An Order Of The Advocates Of St. Peter, Commander's Star, C.1900 Buy Now with enamel loss to reverseAvvocati di San Pietro). Instituted 1878. 1878 1909 issue. Likely of French manufacture, an eight pointed multirayed star in silver, with obverse centre presenting a four armed enameled white cross in silver gilt with ball finials, with silver gilded multiple rays in each quadrant, featuring a silver gilded figure of St. Peter surrounded by an enameled blue border with the inscription AVVOCATI DI SAN PIETRO (Advocates of St. Peter) in silver gilt,