Vatican, City State. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great, I Class Star, C.1930 Hold (Bund Deutsche Marine-Vereine Erinnerungsabzecihen)

(Bund Deutsche Marine-Vereine Erinnerungsabzecihen)

with the gilt and silver finish well preserved

1939: the newspaper and the city of Hamburg under NSDAP rule

unmarked but characteristic of the maker Fritz Zimmermann

Vatican, City State. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great, I Class Star, C.1930 Hold (Bund Deutsche Marine-Vereine Erinnerungsabzecihen)In silver, center in silver gilt and enamels, 87mm, of Italian manufacture, circa 1930, in very fine condition. Footnote: The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great was established on September 1, 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election. It is one of the five pontifical orders of knighthood in the Catholic Church. The order is bestowed on Catholic men and women (and in rare cases, non Catholic men) in recognition of