Vatican, Papal State. An Order Of Pius Ix, Iii Class Knight, C.1845 Hold It features a 770 mm-long

It features a 770 mm-long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip

flanked by two silvered wings

He then climbed over and cut the second wire outside the wall

and maker marked “FLL” for “Friedrich Linde

he served in the Short Service Commission Royal Army Service Corps as a Captain as of 1946

Vatican, Papal State. An Order Of Pius Ix, Iii Class Knight, C.1845 Hold It features a 770 mm-long(Ordine di Pio IX, AKA Ordine Piano). Instituted in 1847. Four piece construction, in 18K Gold with navy blue and white enamels, weighing 14. 3 grams, unmarked, inscribed "PIVS IX" (Pope Pius IX, Papacy: 1856 1878) on the centrepiece, the centrepiece ring inscribed in Latin "VIRTVTI ET MERITO" (Virtue and Merit), the centrepiece backed by eight enamelled star points, with flames appearing between each star point, measuring 42. 8 mm (w) x 48. 3 mm (h)