Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Grand Officer Set by Tanfani & Bertarelli, c.1950 visually-hidden It is also conferred upon

It is also conferred upon individuals who have rendered professional and civil service in the realm of art

obverse illustrating the statue of National Sacrifice in Budapest

swelling of the back of the head (instead of a crest)

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

topped with an imperial crown

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Grand Officer Set by Tanfani & Bertarelli, c.1950 visually-hidden It is also conferred upon(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