Vatican, Papal State. A Cased Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Military Merit, c. 1910 certificate_of_authenticity Senior Lieutenant of Administrative Services

Senior Lieutenant of Administrative Services Moshkov

obverse bearing the Latin inscription GRATI PRINCEPS ET PATRIA

He spent the remainder of the war in signals divisions

Footnote: Between January 1939 when the National Service Act was passed

The recipient is Lance Corporal Hermann Abend of the 5th Detachment of Infantry Regiment 521

Vatican, Papal State. A Cased Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Military Merit, c. 1910 certificate_of_authenticity Senior Lieutenant of Administrative Services(Ordo Sancti Gregorii Magni Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1st, 1831. Constructed of silver, 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