Vatican. An Equestrian Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Military Merit, Ii Class Commander In Gold, C. 1880 United Republic of Aggie Cross of Hamilton

Aggie Cross of Hamilton

above a depression featuring a bronze table medal and bearing a raised profile of a female figure in a Bohemian folk costume

brown cotton reverse with five black clips for uniform attachment

converted into a transport

the 23rd New York was converted into the 106th Infantry Regiment under the command of Colonel Franklin W

Vatican. An Equestrian Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Military Merit, Ii Class Commander In Gold, C. 1880 United Republic of Aggie Cross of Hamilton(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted in 1831. A lovely decoration, in 18K Gold, a red Maltese cross with ball finials, the obverse medallion featuring a bust of St. Gregory on a blue enamelled background surrounded by the inscription S. GREGORIUS MAGNUS, the reverse medallion features the inscription PRO DEO ET PRINCIPE, in a surround with the inscription GREGORIUS XVI. P. M. ANNO. I, surmounted by a hand detailed trophy suspension in Gold,