Vatican. An Early Equestrian Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Military Merit In Gold, Knight, Reduced Version, C.1850 United Republic of über dieses freie Land” badge

über dieses freie Land” badge

one smaller one measures 8cm x 14cm

size stamped "SIZE 7" and displaying the Australian Broad Arrow insignia

Small Type

the reverse inscribed “Dem Verdienste 1914” (German - For Merit 1914) within an oak wreath

Vatican. An Early Equestrian Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Military Merit In Gold, Knight, Reduced Version, C.1850 United Republic of über dieses freie Land” badge(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted in 1831. In 18K Gold with red and blue enamels, weighing 5. 7 grams inclusive of its ribbon, measuring 21. 8 mm (w) x 40 mm (h) inclusive of its trophy of arms suspension, scattered chipping evident in the blue enamels on the obverse centrepiece, original ribbon, very fine. Footnote: The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great was established on September 1, 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven