Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Gregory, Commander Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 9mm (w) x 78

9mm (w) x 78

both stamped with a partially-legible maker’s mark

For Detrick

Footnote: The Order of Naval Merit was established on August 3

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Gregory, Commander Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 9mm (w) x 78(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1 1831. A finely manufactured badge in silver gilt, 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 bust of St. Gregory, surrounded in a ring inscribed S GREGORTUS MAGNUS, the reverse features the inscription PRO DEO ET PRINCIPE (For God and Ruler) on a blue enamelled field, with