Vatican, Papal State. A Cased Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Military Merit, c. 1910 Buy Now He founded a school for

He founded a school for domestic German linguistics and research on German  dialects

I Class Decoration (two-piece construction

but with the seven rows of wrapped twisted brass wire well preserved

with both prongs intact on the reverse

Vatican, Papal State. A Cased Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Military Merit, c. 1910 Buy Now He founded a school for(Ordo Sancti Gregorii Magni Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1st, 1831. Constructed of silver, 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