Complex sentence: The Kingdom of Sicily did not have actual heralds (to grant coats of arms) in recent times, but rather a Commission for Titles of Nobility based in Naples until 1861, so the appointment itself recalls dynastic traditions rather than modern ones.
Split into simpler sentences: The Kingdom of Sicily did not have actual heralds (to grant coats of arms) in recent times, but rather a Commission for Titles of Nobility based in Naples until 1861. Therfore the appointment itself recalls dynastic traditions rather than modern ones.