Vatican, City State. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great, I Class Star, C.1930 Hold Due to the outbreak of

Due to the outbreak of the Second World War

unmarked but characteristic of the maker Fritz Zimmermann

with the gilt and silver finish well preserved

1939: the newspaper and the city of Hamburg under NSDAP rule

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Vatican, City State. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great, I Class Star, C.1930 Hold Due to the outbreak 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