Vatican, Papal States. An Order of St. Gregory, Commander, in Gold, c.1870 GTRexclude gun positions and transport

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[One Unknown Signature]

Order of Vasa (Kungliga Vasaorden): with large rosette

Vatican, Papal States. An Order of St. Gregory, Commander, in Gold, c.1870 GTRexclude gun positions and transport(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1 1831. A finely manufactured badge in 18K Gold, presenting a red enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials and a hand etched frame, with the central medallion featuring a blue enamelled field with a superimposed Gold bust of St. Gregory, surrounded in a Gold ring inscribed S GREGORTUS MAGNUS, the reverse features the inscription PRO DEO ET PRINCIPE (For God and Ruler) on a blue enamelled field,