Vatican. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great, Knight Buy Now King of Italy and Emperor

King of Italy and Emperor of Ethiopia

(Médaille d'Honneur des Agents des Chemins de Fer)

40 mm (h - inclusive of the integral ring)

underneath which is visible a fully-intact maker’s mark reading “N

Vatican. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great, Knight Buy Now King of Italy and Emperor(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted in 1831. In silver gilt, a red enamelled Maltese cross with ball finials, the obverse medallion features a superimposed bust of St. Gregory on a blue enamel field, surrounded by a ring inscribed ST. GREGORIUS MAGNUS, the reverse presents the inscription PRO DEO ET PRINCIPE (For God and Ruler), on a blue enamelled field, surrounded by the inscription GREGORIUS XVI. P. M. ANNOI., the badge is surmounted by a