Vatican. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Civil Merit In Gold, V Class Knight , C.1900 Auction 1939 Iron Cross II Class

1939 Iron Cross II Class ribbon

surrounded by the inscription "2

also participated in the Transvaal Campaign of 1881

triple etched with hunting scenes on one side

a national eagle with a central mobile swastika

Vatican. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Civil Merit In Gold, V Class Knight , C.1900 Auction 1939 Iron Cross II Class(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted in 1831. In Gold with red, blue and green enamels, weighing 14. 8 grams, measuring 43 mm (w) x 59. 2 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath suspension, small indentations on two ball finials on the reverse, intact enamels, lightly soiled original ribbon, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great was established on September 1, 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after