Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Gregory, Commander Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic consisting of a stylized letter

consisting of a stylized letter “H” topped by a royal crown

silver lion head on a bronze gilt and blue enamelled base

leaving a number of torn tentacles round my body… I was towed into land and taken to Floriana Barracks

minor loss of finish is evident to the cross in addition to material fatigue of the case

both stamped with a partially-legible maker’s mark

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Gregory, Commander Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic consisting of a stylized letter(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