Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Republic of A band of raised oak

A band of raised oak leaves transitions into a ribbed pumpkin-coloured celluloid handle with ten rows of twisted silvered wrap in the recessed of the ribbed grip without interruption

Gefreiter Hans Eberhart died in the field on September 30th

all held together via a set of dual strings knotted together at the front

1886 and awarded to participants in the First Madagascar expedition of 1883

featuring both decorations set onto a 30 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Republic of A band of raised oak(Ordo Sancti Gregorii Magni Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1st, 1831. Constructed of Gold, consisting of a Maltese Cross with ball finials, the obverse with a central blue enameled circular disc bearing the leftward facing bust of St. Gregory, circumscribed Gregorius Magnus in capitalized lettering, the reverse with a similar central blue enameled circular disc inscribed Pro Deo et Principe (For God and Ruler) in capitalized