Vatican. A Pontifical Equestrian Order Of St. Gregory The Great, Ii Class Dame Commander, C.1945 Newly Listed PFORZHEIM 21" (Reichsverband - Pforzheim)

PFORZHEIM 21" (Reichsverband - Pforzheim) on the reverse

It is an answer to a letter by “comrade Schlüter”

with a small crack in the handle to its left and chipping where it butts the pommel crossguard

(General Officer Commanding-in-Chief)

Vatican. A Pontifical Equestrian Order Of St. Gregory The Great, Ii Class Dame Commander, C.1945 Newly Listed PFORZHEIM 21" (Reichsverband - Pforzheim)(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno). Instituted in 1831. Pius XII (1939 1958). Hardshelled design on both the lid and base, wooden framed, with a red pebbled exterior on all sides, Vatican coat of arms bearing the arms of Pope Pius XII (born 1899, died 1958, Papacy 1939 1958) within an ornate border in gold coloured ink on the lid, the inside lid lined in white satin, padded and maker marked "TANFANI & BERTARELLI ROMA", the lining exhibiting the