Vatican, Papal State. A Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Hold with a loop creating a

with a loop creating a button hole for uniform attachment at the neck end and completed with a green-finished plastic button

Oberleutnant (Senior Lieutenant) Scherer

The plane did not return from this mission and the crew was pronounced MIA

with sword

On January 5

Vatican, Papal State. A Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Hold with a loop creating a(Ordo Sancti Gregorii Magni Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1st, 1831. Constructed of silver gilt, consisting of a Maltese Cross with ball finials, the obverse with a central blue enameled circular disc bearing the leftward facing bust of St. Gregory, circumscribed Gregorius Magnus in capitalized lettering, the reverse with a similar central blue enameled circular disc inscribed Pro Deo et Principe (For God and Ruler) in