Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Gregory, Commander Buy Now 23mm (w) x 87

23mm (w) x 87

His father was a Navy artificer

not including the leather tabs

marked with “BA” and “Эдуард” (“Eduard”) on the reverse 12 and 6 o’clock arms

constructed of bronze and multicoloured enamels

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Gregory, Commander Buy Now 23mm (w) x 87(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