Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Civil Merit, c. 1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac dome of the building flanked

dome of the building flanked by the dates "1879" and "1929"

(NSDAP Ärmelband)

(Winkelstreifen)

In the midst of these troubled years

The Portuguese Military Order of Aviz

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Civil Merit, c. 1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac dome of the building flanked(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