Vatican, City State. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great, I Class Star, C.1930 certificate_of_authenticity Hurler on both sides of

Hurler on both sides of the sweatband

these were to soldiers who had received a Certificate of Merit for gallantry which

6 Battalion General the same day

maker marked “RZM M9/61” (Julius Maurer GmbH

Painted onto the back of the shell is a number “43”

Vatican, City State. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great, I Class Star, C.1930 certificate_of_authenticity Hurler on both sides ofIn 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