Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Knight, for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Auction Archive while the rest boarded the

while the rest boarded the smaller Brazil Maru

the remaining eight badges are unmarked

1921 from Phthisis (Tuberculosis

all printed on wartime photo paper (most with Agfa and Mimosa marks) of various sizes

both measuring 40 mm (w) x 55 mm (l)

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Knight, for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Auction Archive while the rest boarded the(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1 1831. Constructed of silver gilt, 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