Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Grand Officer Set by Tanfani & Bertarelli, c.1950 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac his right leg ended up

his right leg ended up being one half inch shorter than his good left leg

presenting faceted rays and the obverse medallion superimposed in the center consisting of a white and blue enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials

Thai maker marked and hallmarked on the reverse of the crown

John went to Peking in May 1899

& Battalion Fuhrer)

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Grand Officer Set by Tanfani & Bertarelli, c.1950 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac his right leg ended up(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1 1831. A Grand Officer set in silver gilt, the neck badge presenting a red enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials, with the central medallion featuring a blue enamelled field with a super imposed bust of St. Gregory, surrounded in a gilt ring inscribed S GREGORTUS MAGNUS, the reverse features the inscription PRO DEO ET PRINCIPE (For God and Ruler) on a blue enamelled field, with inscription