Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer in Gold, c.1835 Province of China remaining hospitalized until March 1944

remaining hospitalized until March 1944

A Heer Stabsgefreiter insignia

Above the left breast pocket is a three level ribbon bar

(Waffen-SS Verleihungsurkunde für das Kriegsverdienstkreuz II

Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer in Gold, c.1835 Province of China remaining hospitalized until March 1944(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),