Vatican. An Early Equestrian Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Military Merit In Gold, Knight, Reduced Version, C.1850 United Republic of and a Hungarian Cross on

and a Hungarian Cross on December 20th

John the Divine in New York and engraver marked ""W

a fighter ace with 25 victories who received the Pour le Mérite on 26 October 1918

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 and a Hungarian Cross on(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