Vatican, Italian Unification. An Order Of The Advocates Of St. Peter, Knight, C.1880 Hold inscribed "Wenn Tausend einen Mann

inscribed "Wenn Tausend einen Mann erschlagen das ist nicht Ruhm das ist nicht Ehr und heissen wird's in tausend Jahren gesiegt hat doch das deutsche Heer

he took part in the operations of 1840 off the coast of Syria

with silvery-grey threads on black wool base

solidarity

disembarking in the United Kingdom for service under the Canadian Loan Scheme (CANLOAN = An Offficer On Loan To the British Army) on June 24

Vatican, Italian Unification. An Order Of The Advocates Of St. Peter, Knight, C.1880 Hold inscribed "Wenn Tausend einen Mann(Ordinali di Avvocati di San Pietro). Instituted 1878. Suppressed 1909. Civil Division. Likely of French manufacture in silver gilt, a Knights badge consisting of an enameled white Maltese cross with detailed borders and ball finials, featuring multiple individual gilt rays in each quadrant, obverse centre exhibiting an engraved figure of St. Peter, encircled by a blue enameled border inscribed AVVOCATI DI SAN PIETRO (Advocates of St. Peter), reverse