Vatican, Holy See. A Lot of Three Orders Of St. Gregory The Great For Civil Merit Archive presenting as a DAF cogwheel

presenting as a DAF cogwheel above a winged train wheel

For most of the year they flew missions against Allied ship convoys in the Arctic Ocean

93 mm (w) x 28

a glossed paint version by an uncommon maker in near mint condition

scattered paint loss on the arms and silvering loss on the screwback

Vatican, Holy See. A Lot of Three Orders Of St. Gregory The Great For Civil Merit Archive presenting as a DAF cogwheel1. Third Class Knight; (Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted in 1831. Multi piece construction, in silver gilt with red and blue enamels, each of the eight points of the cross exhibiting a ball finial, surmounted by a wreath in silver gilt with red and green enamels, unmarked, measuring 44. 7 mm (w) x 68 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath suspension, light crazing evident in the red enamels on the reverse of the arm at 3 o'clock, original ribbon with