Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Gregory, Commander Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic each star point with multi-faceted

each star point with multi-faceted rays

The German torpedo boat T4 was one of 12 Type 35 torpedo boats built for the Kriegsmarine during the late 1930’s

an historical officer with the Canadian War Records Office

the ship came into contact with some trees while landing

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of Gregory, Commander Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic each star point with multi-faceted(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1 1831. A finely manufactured badge in silver gilt, presenting a red enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials and a hand etched frame, with the central medallion featuring a blue enamelled field with a superimposed bust of St. Gregory, surrounded in a ring inscribed S GREGORTUS MAGNUS, the reverse features the inscription PRO DEO ET PRINCIPE (For God and Ruler) on a blue enamelled field, with