Vatican, Papal State. A Cased Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Military Merit, c. 1910 Buy Now Typical Juncker badge in silver

Typical Juncker badge in silver

with reverse centre slightly turned counter clockwise and enamel loss

but with the seven rows of wrapped twisted brass wire well preserved

He founded a school for domestic German linguistics and research on German  dialects

with both prongs intact on the reverse

Vatican, Papal State. A Cased Order of St. Gregory the Great, II. Class Knight Commander for Military Merit, c. 1910 Buy Now Typical Juncker badge in silver(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