Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Knight, for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Province of China including that of Fritz Schinnerer

including that of Fritz Schinnerer of the RAD

After ten days at Shorncliffe

with a paper maker’s label reading “paul Meybauer Ordenfabrik

1944 and completing his basic training on April 8

constructed of linen in celluloid husk

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Knight, for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Province of China including that of Fritz Schinnerer(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