Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Gregory, Commander Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Footnote: The Order of Naval

Footnote: The Order of Naval Merit was established on August 3

both stamped with a partially-legible maker’s mark

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

signed in blue ink by French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

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

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Gregory, Commander Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Footnote: The Order of Naval(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