Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Type I, Grand Cross Set, c.1895 Buy Now measuring 45 mm in diameter

measuring 45 mm in diameter

a capital "E" scratched on the obverse

Constructed of multiple bands of interwoven brown leather

cracking is evident to the enamel of the twelve o’clock arm

both photographs under glass

Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Type I, Grand Cross Set, c.1895 Buy Now measuring 45 mm in diameter(Ordem Militar de Avis). Instituted 1162. Type I (1789 1894). In silver gilt and enamels, the Grand Cross features a large oval of white enamels with a green enamelled cross fleury and a surmounting sacred heart, a delicately etched silver gilt border, marked on the integral loop with a swan punch mark denoting pieces made from silver, imported from countries without trading contract to France, since 1893, and an owl hallmark denoting goods made from