Portugal, Republic. An Order Of Prince Henry The Navigator, Bronze Grade Merit Medal, C.1965 Auction Archive an early dagger in excellent

an early dagger in excellent condition

with silver suspension bar

before being tasked with leading the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division “Prinz Eugen” in early 1944 in the fight against Bosnian partisans

with light enamel wear and minor loss to laurels

Footnote: The Star for Years of Service was presumably instituted in 1916 as a military decoration for length of meritorious service

Portugal, Republic. An Order Of Prince Henry The Navigator, Bronze Grade Merit Medal, C.1965 Auction Archive an early dagger in excellent(Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique). Instituted in 1960. In bronze with a copper gilt, measuring 42 mm in diameter, contact marks, original ribbon is transposed and sewn in place, very fine. Footnote: The Order of Prince Henry is a Portuguese order of knighthood created on June 2, 1960, to commemorate the quincentenary of the death of the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator, one of the main initiators of the Age of Discovery. Minor reforms of the