Brazil, Federative Republic. A National Order Of The Southern Cross, Iii Class Commander, C.1950 Auction Single Austrian

Single Austrian

scattered gilt wear on the centrepiece ring and missing the Sacred Heart

measuring 99 mm (w) x 30 mm (h)

within a ring of red enamel bearing a raised gilt inscription of “ALTIOR ADVERSIS” (“AGAINST ALL ODDS”) and laurel leaf branches

After successfully completing the course that September and subsequently obtaining his pilot's badge in early October 1915

Brazil, Federative Republic. A National Order Of The Southern Cross, Iii Class Commander, C.1950 Auction Single Austrian(Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul). Instituted in 1932. Multi piece construction, in silver gilt with light green, dark green, light blue, dark blue and white enamels, measuring 61. 5 mm (w) x 85 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath suspension, the obverse centrepiece has been repositioned causing the stars formation to have been rotated clockwise by ninety degrees, chipping evident in the white enamels on the arm at 7 o'clock on the obverse, residue