Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Knight, for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Auction Archive with yellow piping

with yellow piping

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

maker marked “PETER KÜPPER K

the remaining eight badges are unmarked

each side bearing a DAF insignia in the form of a black machine embroidered cogwheel on a white background

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Knight, for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Auction Archive with yellow piping(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