Vatican,City State. Am Equestrian Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Civil Merit, Iii Class Knight Archive around an inscription of “REICHSVERBAND

around an inscription of “REICHSVERBAND FÜR ZUCHT UND PRÜFUNG DEUTSCHEN WARMBLUTS FÜR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNGEN” (“REICH ASSOCIATION FOR HORSE BREEDING AND TESTING - FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICES”)

the final design for the medal was not approved and adopted by the Army until the publication of War Department General Order 12 in 1907

It is signed by Reinholtz and stamped

(4302 CORPL: J

with only light marks common to extraction and return to the scabbard

Vatican,City State. Am Equestrian Order Of St. Gregory The Great For Civil Merit, Iii Class Knight Archive around an inscription of “REICHSVERBAND(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted in 1831. Multi piece construction, in silver gilt with red and blue enamels, each of the eight points of the cross exhibiting a ball finial, surmounted by a wreath in silver gilt with red and green enamels, unmarked, measuring 44. 7 mm (w) x 68 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath suspension, light crazing evident in the red enamels on the reverse of the arm at 3 o'clock, original ribbon with safety pin attachment,