Brazil, Republic. An Order Of Aeronautical Merit, Commander’s Cross, C.1950 Auction Archive the interior with a blue

the interior with a blue satin lid liner with a maker’s mark of “HOFKUNSTANSTALT UND ORDENFABRIK JACOB LESER

the reverse bearing a raised depiction of four Russian warships at sea

clusters of five rays in each quadrant

grey backing

Brazil, Republic. An Order Of Aeronautical Merit, Commander’s Cross, C.1950 Auction Archive the interior with a blue(Ordem do Merito Aeronautico). Instituted November 1 1943. A silver gilt crutch cross consisting of four arms with white enamel edges portraying a square swirl design, and a propeller wing in the middle of each arm, the obverse central medallion features a sword with outstretched wings, contained in a blue enamel surround inscribed MERITO AERONAUTICO, the reverse medallion presents a yellow and green enamelled star with a large blue circular center,