Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Military Merit, c. 1930s Auction Of French manufacture and style

Of French manufacture and style

the Air Force Air Force Cross

the reverse bearing a lengthy handwritten inscription and date of “1917”

also hallmarked with the city of assay and silver standard mark on the reverse of the eagle suspension

Footnote: The USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Military Merit, c. 1930s Auction Of French manufacture and style(Ordo Sancti Gregorii Magni Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Three piece construction, 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 capitalized lettering, circumscribed