Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Commander in Gold, by Tanfani, c.1900 Newly Listed (Feuerwehr-Ehrenzeichen für 40 Jährige Dienstzeit)

(Feuerwehr-Ehrenzeichen für 40 Jährige Dienstzeit)

also unmarked

chipping and loss evident in the green enamels on the tip of the star point at 1 o'clock

the front cover entitled "L'ÉTOILE DE LA LÉGION D'HONNEUR 1804-1904 / LA MÉDAILLE MILITAIRE"

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Commander in Gold, by Tanfani, c.1900 Newly Listed (Feuerwehr-Ehrenzeichen für 40 Jährige Dienstzeit)(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1 1831. Civil Division. A finely manufactured badge in 18K Gold, presenting a red enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials and a hand etched frame, with the central medallion featuring a blue enamelled field with a superimposed Gold bust of St. Gregory, surrounded in a Gold ring inscribed S GREGORTUS MAGNUS, the reverse features the inscription PRO DEO ET PRINCIPE (For God and Ruler) on a blue