Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer in Gold, c.1835 Province of China early period manufacture

early period manufacture

Wiltshire being one of them

there were 78 natives and 135 foreign recipients of this class

in its original numbered card box of issue

Blackened bronze

Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer in Gold, c.1835 Province of China early period manufacture(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),