Vatican, City State. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great, I Class Star, C.1930 United Republic of a National Forestry Officer’s belt

a National Forestry Officer’s belt buckle

sitting on a mobile swastika

GAUNT B'HAM" on the intact slider

Iron Cross Second Class 1939 in June 1940

with only minor soiling evident

Vatican, City State. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great, I Class Star, C.1930 United Republic of a National Forestry Officer’s beltIn silver, center in silver gilt and enamels, 87mm, of Italian manufacture, circa 1930, in very fine condition. Footnote: The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great was established on September 1, 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election. It is one of the five pontifical orders of knighthood in the Catholic Church. The order is bestowed on Catholic men and women (and in rare cases, non Catholic men) in recognition of