Vatican. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Military Merit, Iii Class Knight's Case, C.1870 certificate_of_authenticity with all three cords joined

with all three cords joined at five positions within a 25 mm square mm forest green wool patch that is slotted in the centre and designed for placement around a button on the shoulder

the other six are unmarked and come with inscribed hangers ("250

maker marked on reverse “GR

He was in action one week afterwards at the Battle of the Canal du Nord

Vatican. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Military Merit, Iii Class Knight's Case, C.1870 certificate_of_authenticity with all three cords joined(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted in 1831. Hardshelled design on both the lid and base, the exterior with a deep red pebbled covering on five sides, the bottom with a black pebbled covering, the lid with the Papal coat of arms of Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Mastai Ferretti, 1846 1878) in gold colored ink, the arms consisting of the Papal crown and crossed keys above a shield, which bears a rampant lion, the arms of the Mastai family, in the first