Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Knight, for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Province of China including that of Fritz Schinnerer

including that of Fritz Schinnerer of the RAD

1944 and completing his basic training on April 8

A Mint Danzig Police Long Service Decoration

with a paper maker’s label reading “paul Meybauer Ordenfabrik

Klasse für 21 Dienstjahre)

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of St. Gregory, Knight, for Civil Merit, c. 1930 Province of China including that of Fritz Schinnerer(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted September 1 1831. Constructed of silver gilt, 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 lettering, circumscribed