Vatican, Papal States. An Order of St. Gregory, Commander, in Gold, c.1870 Archive including a Wehrmacht 12-Year Long

including a Wehrmacht 12-Year Long Service Award

He was invalided to England on January 3

each with gold-coloured hands

in eight grades: Riband of the Special Class

Petch was serving the 208 (AC) Squadron in Heliopolis

Vatican, Papal States. An Order of St. Gregory, Commander, in Gold, c.1870 Archive including a Wehrmacht 12-Year Long(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1 1831. A finely manufactured badge in 18K Gold, presenting a red enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials and a hand etched frame, with the central medallion featuring a blue enamelled field with a superimposed Gold bust of St. Gregory, surrounded in a Gold ring inscribed S GREGORTUS MAGNUS, the reverse features the inscription PRO DEO ET PRINCIPE (For God and Ruler) on a blue enamelled field,