Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer in Gold, c.1835 Province of China Measuring 296 mm x 208

Measuring 296 mm x 208 mm

but solid silver crosses are very scarce

in its original numbered card box of issue

Civilian Technician’s Officer’s Visor Cap Badge - in stamped aluminum

Blackened bronze

Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer in Gold, c.1835 Province of China Measuring 296 mm x 208(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),