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Order of Saint Sylvester and the Golden Militia, knight, miniature, 1841-1905 issue
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Order of Saint Sylvester and the Golden Militia, knight, miniature, 1841-1905 issue
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Miniature gold and white enamel Maltese cross with graduated rays between the arms, creating the effect of a square, a gold spur projecting at the base, with loop for ribbon suspension; the face with a circular central gold medallion bearing the head and shoulders full-face portrait of Pope Saint Sylvester wearing the Papal crown within a gilt ring inscribed ‘S. SILVESTER P. M.’ (Saint Sylvester Supreme Pontiff), all within a deep blue enamel ring; the reverse plain with a central boss; chips to the white enamel (high resolution scans available on request), the central medallion secure but may be rotated; width 17mm (0.67 inch); on replaced ribbon. The Order of the Golden Spur was in existence as early as the mid-fourteenth century when it was in the gift of the Holy Roman Emperor and is said to have been refounded by Pope Pius IV in 1559. In 1841 Pope Gregory XVI combined the Order with the new Order of Saint Sylvester as the Order of Saint Sylvester and the Golden Militia. On 7 February 1905 Pope Pius X reformed all the Papal Orders and separated the newly-renamed Order of the Golden Spur from the Order of Saint Sylvester and amended both insignia. This miniature dates from the period after the combination of the Orders in 1841 and before their separation in 1905. Saint Sylvester was Pope for 21 years, from January 314 until 31 December 335 at a time when Constantine the Great was Emperor and the position of the Church improved significantly. A rare early miniature.

 
Order of Saint Sylvester and the Golden Militia, knight, miniature, 1841-1905 issue
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Order of Saint Sylvester and the Golden Militia, knight, miniature, 1841-1905 issue
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Order of Saint Sylvester and the Golden Militia, knight, miniature, 1841-1905 issue
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Order of Saint Sylvester and the Golden Militia, knight, miniature, 1841-1905 issue
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