Vatican. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Military Merit, Iii Class Knight's Case, C.1870 Newly Listed Extraordinary Grade badge

Extraordinary Grade badge

Backe was arrested and committed suicide for fear of being extradited to Russia

The exterior of this cap is fabricated from black wool

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Vatican. An Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Military Merit, Iii Class Knight's Case, C.1870 Newly Listed Extraordinary Grade badge(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted in 1831. Hardshelled design on both the lid and base, the exterior with a deep red pebbled covering on five sides, the bottom with a black pebbled covering, the lid with the Papal coat of arms of Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Mastai Ferretti, 1846 1878) in gold colored ink, the arms consisting of the Papal crown and crossed keys above a shield, which bears a rampant lion, the arms of the Mastai family, in the first