Portugal, Kingdom. An Order of the Tower and the Sword, Grand Cross Collar in Case, by da Costa Auction Archive 1946 HE LIVED TO BEAR

1946 HE LIVED TO BEAR HIS COUNTRY'S ARMS

the cover bearing a silvered Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service/RAD) insignia and silvered inscription of “MEINE DIENSTZEIT” (“MY SERVICE TIME”)

along with a third piece of silvered metal alloy creating the protruding point at the front

Ireland in 1890 and served in the Merchant Navy before joining the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in 1909

Flanking the image is an inscription of “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT” (“IN MEMORY OF MY SERVICE TIME”)

Portugal, Kingdom. An Order of the Tower and the Sword, Grand Cross Collar in Case, by da Costa Auction Archive 1946 HE LIVED TO BEAR(Ordem Militar da Torre e Espada). Instituted in 1549, revived in 1808, discontinued in 1910. In silver and enamels, five pointed white enamel star with tipped finials, surrounded by a green enamelled oak wreath in the quadrants of the arms, obverse medallion shows a wreath and sword encircled by a blue enamel ring with the inscription VALOR LEALDADE E MERITO, reverse medallion shows an open book encircled by a blue enamel ring with the inscription