Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Grand Officer Set by Tanfani & Bertarelli, c.1950 visually-hidden likely indicating that the tunic

likely indicating that the tunic was originally issued to a Heer service and later re-purposed for distribution to an Estonian Waffen-SS volunteer

The regular creation of knights of Saint Patrick lasted until 1921

measuring 30 mm (w) x 1300 mm (l)

visually identical besides the reinforcement strip on the bottom

backed by an original ribbon and mounted to a metal plate with a horizontal pinback

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Grand Officer Set by Tanfani & Bertarelli, c.1950 visually-hidden likely indicating that the tunic(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1 1831. A Grand Officer set in silver gilt, the neck badge presenting a red enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials, with the central medallion featuring a blue enamelled field with a super imposed bust of St. Gregory, surrounded in a gilt ring inscribed S GREGORTUS MAGNUS, the reverse features the inscription PRO DEO ET PRINCIPE (For God and Ruler) on a blue enamelled field, with inscription