Vatican, Papal State. A Dress Sword for a Member of the Order of St. Gregory Hold to fight in the Boer

to fight in the Boer War in South Africa

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missing the clasp

the son of Nels Thompson and Elizabeth Thompson

A pair of exhibition example order and award clasps

Vatican, Papal State. A Dress Sword for a Member of the Order of St. Gregory Hold to fight in the BoerA dress sword for a member of the Order of St. Gregory, measuring 95 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 72 cm long, nickel plated, triangular magnetic steel blade which sits securely within a multi piece hilt, with an intact red wool buffer pad covering the seam. The crossguard features a clamshell medallion in the form of a highly stylized laurel and oak leaf wreath surrounded a gilded and enameled depiction of the