Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Civil Merit, c. 1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac obverse illustrating two pugilists in

obverse illustrating two pugilists in a boxing ring on an undulating surface

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver oval laurel and oak leaf wreath

independent agency

Die-stamped bronze with red and white enamels

allowing some of the badding to fall out

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Civil Merit, c. 1930 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac obverse illustrating two pugilists in(Ordo Sancti Gregorii Magni Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1st, 1831. Constructed of Gold, 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