Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory in Gold, Second Class Commander, French Made Hold the son of Arthur Albert

the son of Arthur Albert Ellis and Margaret Ellis (nee Taylor) of Toronto

previous lacquered

maker marked "Kunstverlag Wilh Schröder & Co

Esqu / Major / Half Pay / (Late 54th Foot) / 29

by David W

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory in Gold, Second Class Commander, French Made Hold the son of Arthur Albert(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1 1831. A finely manufactured badge in Gold, 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 Gold bust of St. Gregory, surrounded in a Gold ring inscribed S GREGORTUS MAGNUS, the reverse features the inscription PRO DEO ET PRINCIPE (For God and Ruler) on a blue enamelled field, with