Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Gregory, Commander Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic silver lion head on a

silver lion head on a bronze gilt and blue enamelled base

For Detrick

68 mm (w) x 65 mm (l) x 20 mm (h)

measures 500 mm (w) x 393 mm (h)

both stamped with a partially-legible maker’s mark

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Gregory, Commander Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic silver lion head on a(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1 1831. A finely manufactured badge in silver gilt, presenting a red enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials and a hand etched frame, with the central medallion featuring a blue enamelled field with a superimposed bust of St. Gregory, surrounded in a ring inscribed S GREGORTUS MAGNUS, the reverse features the inscription PRO DEO ET PRINCIPE (For God and Ruler) on a blue enamelled field, with