Vatican, Papal State. A Cased Order of Pope Pius IX, III. Class Knight, Type I, c. 1880 GTRexclude Bahawalpur became part of the

Bahawalpur became part of the new state of Pakistan

A 1935 Turnier-Lensahn SA-Reiter Standarte 14 badge (8-9

in silvered alloy

66 mm (w) x 79

two black horsehair tassels topped by steel cone-shaped caps protruding from the white horsehair on the front

Vatican, Papal State. A Cased Order of Pope Pius IX, III. Class Knight, Type I, c. 1880 GTRexclude Bahawalpur became part of the(Ordine di Pio IX). Instituted June 17th, 1847. (Type I, c. 1880). Constructed of 18kt Gold, consisting of a eight pointed star with blue enameled arms and with flames emanating from the center of the cross between the arms, with a central circular white enameled medallion inscribed Pius IX in gold, surrounded by a Golden ring inscribed with Virtuti et Merito (Virtue and Merit) in capitalized lettering, the reverse with a central circular white