Vatican. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Civil Merit In Gold, Ii Class Commander, C.1900 Auction Archive By February 1944

By February 1944

WWI 9th St

as part of the Battle of the Canal du Nord Allied offensive

Montreal 1944 - size 36-37 - All complete with hand stitched shoulder flashes in canvas as well as canvas 2nd Division patch

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey threaded Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Vatican. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Civil Merit In Gold, Ii Class Commander, C.1900 Auction Archive By February 1944(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted in 1831. In 18K Gold with red, blue and green enamels, weighing 25. 9 grams, measuring 51. 7 mm (w) x 76. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath suspension, scattered chipping evident on the green enamelled leaves on both sides obverse of the wreath, replacement modern ribbon, very fine. Footnote: The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great was established on September 1, 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI,