Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer in Gold, c.1835 Province of China but solid silver crosses are

but solid silver crosses are very scarce

Blackened bronze

Kingdom: Royal Thai Air Force Navy Pilot Badge (in bronze gilt with red

early period manufacture

Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer in Gold, c.1835 Province of China but solid silver crosses are(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),