Vatican, City State. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great, I Class Star, C.1930 United Republic of sitting on a mobile swastika

sitting on a mobile swastika

and was placed in charge of a party in the trenches

50 mm x 123 mm

Iron Cross Second Class 1939 in June 1940

783" on the edge

Vatican, City State. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great, I Class Star, C.1930 United Republic of sitting on a mobile swastikaIn silver, center in silver gilt and enamels, 87mm, of Italian manufacture, circa 1930, in very fine condition. Footnote: The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great was established on September 1, 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election. It is one of the five pontifical orders of knighthood in the Catholic Church. The order is bestowed on Catholic men and women (and in rare cases, non Catholic men) in recognition of