Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Knight, for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Auction Archive each side bearing a DAF

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

the remaining eight badges are unmarked

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

3mm (h – inclusive of integral cross atop horizontally pierced ball on crowns suspension)

while the rest boarded the smaller Brazil Maru

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Knight, for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Auction Archive each side bearing a DAF(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