Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Christ with Miniature. Newly Listed a Civil Service 25 Year

a Civil Service 25 Year Faithful Service Medal

surface green oxidation

British War Medal (1632 A

(Osttürkischer Waffen-Verband der SS Ärmelband)

surrounded by a rich blue enamelled ring with silver five airplanes equally distanced with in the ring pointed toward the flower

Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Christ with Miniature. Newly Listed a Civil Service 25 Year(Ordem dos Cavaleiros de Cristo). Instituted in 1318. In silver gilt and enamels, 67. 6 mm (h) x 43. 2 mm (w), enamel chipping on reverse, very fine. Accompanied by a miniature in silver gilt and enamels, 40. 7 mm (h) x 26 mm (w), extremely fine. Footnote: The Military Order of Christ has a long and convoluted history closely related to Portugal and the Catholic Church. Its origins lie on the dissolution of the Templar Order by Pope Clement V in 1312,