177 - VATICAN. Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem (reorganized in 1847). Grand Officer’s insignia for women, comprising, in a case lined with embossed leather featuring the Cross of Jerusalem, a silver (925/00) plaque with diamond-shaped points (diameter 86 mm, gross weight: 88.29 g), the enameled vermeil breast insignia (925/00) suspended from a knotted ribbon (cross width 52 mm—gross weight: 49.15 g), the enameled silver miniature (diameter 17 mm), and the lapel pin (diameter 13 mm).

VATICAN. Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem (reorganized in 1847). Grand Officer’s insignia for women, comprising, in a case lined with embossed leather featuring the Cross of Jerusalem, a silver (925/00) plaque with diamond-shaped points (diameter 86 mm, gross weight: 88.29 g), the enameled vermeil breast insignia (925/00) suspended from a knotted ribbon (cross width 52 mm—gross weight: 49.15 g), the enameled silver miniature (diameter 17 mm), and the lapel pin (diameter 13 mm). Provenance: Estelle R[egan]. CRANE (1898–after 1966), USA, Dame Grand Cross of the Order. Her husband, Dr. George J. Crane (1893–1966), was a Knight Grand Cross of the OESSJ and a Knight of the Sovereign Order of Malta. Both were known for their charitable work in New York. Leo XIII approved the admission of women into the Order in 1888. Several isolated cases had existed since 1871.