Vatican, City State. Equestrian Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Civil Merit, Iii Class Knight, Cased,C.1918 Newly Listed sterling silver gilt with red

sterling silver gilt with red

(Treuedienst-Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe für 50 Jahre

1867 Cross of Mentana - "Loyal and Meritorious" (obverse)

issued in 1934

engraved with a crown on the front panel

Vatican, City State. Equestrian Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Civil Merit, Iii Class Knight, Cased,C.1918 Newly Listed sterling silver gilt with red(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted in 1831. Multi piece construction, in silver gilt with red and blue enamels, each of the eight points of the cross exhibiting a ball finial, surmounted by a wreath in silver gilt with red and green enamels, unmarked, measuring 40. 5 mm (w) x 63. 8 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and laterally pierced ball suspension, chipping and loss evident in the green enamels on both sides of the wreath, the enamels on the