Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer in Gold, c.1835 Buy Now each measuring 35 mm (w)

each measuring 35 mm (w) x 105 mm (h)

from its first action until after the attack on Coriano

on July 11th

with an illegible handwritten inscription

An owner’s name of “SYDE” has been stamped into one side of the scabbard

Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer in Gold, c.1835 Buy Now each measuring 35 mm (w)(Ordem Militar de Avis). Instituted in 1175 by King Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal. Type I (1789 1894). In 22K Gold, a beautiful and early Officer of the Military Order of Aviz, featuring a white enamelled Maltese cross with ball finials, blue enamelled insignia in each quadrant along with wreath segments, the central medallion featuring the green enamelled cross, surmounted by a hollow Gold crown, measures 33. 7 mm (w) x 50. 5 mm (h),