Vatican. An Order Of The Christ, Grand Cross, By Albert Bacqueville, C.1895 GTRexclude Second Class 1866-1914 - Franz

Second Class 1866-1914 - Franz Joseph I (1849-1916)

and rare with pocket of issue

measuring 78 mm

1941 and commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on February 3

measuring 23 mm (w) x 15 mm (h)

Vatican. An Order Of The Christ, Grand Cross, By Albert Bacqueville, C.1895 GTRexclude Second Class 1866-1914 - FranzOf fine French manufacture, consisting of a large red enameled Maltese cross set in silver, hallmarked on integral ball suspension French hallmark denoting . 800 silver purity between 1838 1962, marked by makers mark of Bacqueville, Albert, Paris (A over B with Ship), a known manufacturer of the similarly styled Portuguese Military Order of the Christ, measuring 31 mm (w) x 56 mm (h inclusive of horizontally pierced ball suspension), on original