Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Grand Cross Breast Star, c.1900 Auction Archive three months shy of his

three months shy of his seventeenth birthday

this movement was inspired by the German Hitler Youth

chipping and loss evident in the red enamels)

an unusual award consisting of a silver gilt Maltese cross with scaly arms and ball finials

He was posted to the Advance Water Party on September 28

Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Grand Cross Breast Star, c.1900 Auction Archive three months shy of his(Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada). Instituted 1175. Type II. (1862 1910). A lovely star in silver, silver gilt and enamels, featuring a 22 rayed star with clusters of three smooth rays, the central medallion, red enamelled florid cross with laurels on a white enamelled field, with red enamel surround featuring the Motto of the order CIENCIAS, LETRAS, E ARTES (SCIENCE, LETTERS, AND ARTS), with a silver gilt ornate surround, obverse adorned by a