Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Knight, for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Auction Archive with yellow piping

with yellow piping

3mm (h – inclusive of integral cross atop horizontally pierced ball on crowns suspension)

each side bearing a DAF insignia in the form of a black machine embroidered cogwheel on a white background

129 mm x 178 mm

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Knight, for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Auction Archive with yellow piping(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1 1831. Constructed of silver gilt, consisting of a Maltese Cross with ball finials, the obverse with a central blue enameled circular disc bearing the leftward facing bust of St. Gregory, circumscribed Gregorius Magnus in capitalized lettering, the reverse with a similar central blue enameled circular disc inscribed Pro Deo et Principe (For God and Ruler) in capitalized lettering, circumscribed