Vatican, Papal States. An Order of St. Gregory, Commander, in Gold, c.1870 Archive Petch was serving the 208

Petch was serving the 208 (AC) Squadron in Heliopolis

each with gold-coloured hands

Coppercliffe Highlanders Cadet Corps Cap Badge (in white metal

He was invalided to England on January 3

a ring at the the top for suspension

Vatican, Papal States. An Order of St. Gregory, Commander, in Gold, c.1870 Archive Petch was serving the 208(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,