Vatican. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Military Merit, Iii Class Knight's Case, C.1870 certificate_of_authenticity maker marked "G

maker marked "G

1904 in Derawar

He was placed on Pension

on a white cross base

the interior with a white satin-type lid liner bearing a maker’s mark of “V

Vatican. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Military Merit, Iii Class Knight's Case, C.1870 certificate_of_authenticity maker marked "G(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted in 1831. Hardshelled design on both the lid and base, the exterior with a deep red pebbled covering on five sides, the bottom with a black pebbled covering, the lid with the Papal coat of arms of Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Mastai Ferretti, 1846 1878) in gold colored ink, the arms consisting of the Papal crown and crossed keys above a shield, which bears a rampant lion, the arms of the Mastai family, in the first