Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Military Merit, c. 1930s consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac affixed with two reverse attachment

affixed with two reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backer and with a field-grey wool liner

presents folding crease

returning to duty on the 15th

measuring 38 mm x 57 mm

41st Brockville Battalion of Rifles Helmet Plate Centrepiece c

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Military Merit, c. 1930s consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac affixed with two reverse attachment(Ordo Sancti Gregorii Magni Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Three piece construction, 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