Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Pius IX, Commander in Gold, c. 1880 Archive circumscribed “GOTT MIT UNS” (God
Yard notes & kiln story
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Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Pius IX, Commander in Gold, c. 1880 Archive circumscribed “GOTT MIT UNS” (God circumscribed “GOTT MIT UNS” (God with Us) along the top and decorated with a partial oak wreath on the bottom of the buckle Stitched onto the tunic just above the upper right pocket is an insignia consisting of a dark green wool backer bearing a hand embroidered Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika