Instituted 1 December 1888 by Kaiser Wilhelm II
green oxidation spot evident in the loop of the "8"
his service radiated him all over the United Kingdom
with braided thread tassels
measuring approximately 90cm in total length
Vatican. An Order Of Pope Pius Ix, Grand Cross Case, C.1900 Auction Archive Instituted 1 December 1888 by(Ordo Pianus or Ordine Piano). Instituted in 1847. Hardshelled design on both the lid and base, wooden framed, with distinctive rounded corners, the exterior with a red leather covering on five sides, and a red pebbled paper bottom, the lid bearing the embossed Papal coat of arms of Pope Leo XIII (1878 1903) in the centre, the arms containing a pine tree within a large oval fronted by an arched band, a radiant star at the upper left, in addition to