Vatican. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great, I Class Grand Cross, C.1950 Auction Archive A die stamped hollow version

A die stamped hollow version

on his eighteenth birthday

Footnote: Commemorating the 1939 HJ competition where all members of the HJ were permitted to participate

numbered (stamped) “1955”

chipping evident in the red enamels on the obverse centrepiece

Vatican. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great, I Class Grand Cross, C.1950 Auction Archive A die stamped hollow version(Ordine Equestre di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted on 1 September 1831 by Pope Gregory XVI. Civil Division. An eight pointed faceted star in silver, each arm composed of a cluster of five individual rays, obverse centre consisting of a red enamel Maltese cross with ball finials, centre medallion is blue and portrays Saint Gregory, surround inscribed S. GREGORIUS MAGNUS, encircled by a silver beaded edge, centre reverse features a single vertical pin,