Vatican. An Order Of The Advocates Of St. Peter, Commander's Star, C.1900 Newly Listed including O'Donahoe and 1

including O'Donahoe and 1

head of eagle slightly "cut off" (due to manufacturing defect)

This would lead to the Battle of Hürtgen Forest

paint chipping along with surface rust and oxidation evident

Vatican. An Order Of The Advocates Of St. Peter, Commander's Star, C.1900 Newly Listed including O'Donahoe and 1Avvocati di San Pietro). Instituted 1878. 1878 1909 issue. Likely of French manufacture, an eight pointed multirayed star in silver, with obverse centre presenting a four armed enameled white cross in silver gilt with ball finials, with silver gilded multiple rays in each quadrant, featuring a silver gilded figure of St. Peter surrounded by an enameled blue border with the inscription AVVOCATI DI SAN PIETRO (Advocates of St. Peter) in silver gilt,