Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Christ, Knight in Gold, c.1880 Auction Archive they have fought in the

they have fought in the Great War and the Second World War

surrounding a ribbed field overlaid by a red enameled square with a black and white centrepiece

constructed of an olive-drab wool base with off-white and light blue machine-embroidered

Bruckner's music was among the most popular in Nazi Germany and the Adagio from his Seventh Symphony was broadcast by German radio (Deutscher Reichsrundfunk) when it broadcast the news of Hitler's death on May 1

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Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Christ, Knight in Gold, c.1880 Auction Archive they have fought in theOrdem de Cristo). Instituted 1319. Type I (1789 1910). In 18K Gold, a white and blue enamelled cross with ball finials, wreath and enamel segments in each quadrant, the obverse medallion bearing the red enamel cross, the reverse mirrors the obverse, a hollow surmounting crown, measures 39. 3 mm (w) x 60. 6 mm (h), weighs 16. 5 grams, replacement ribbon, hairline cracks in enamels, crown slightly crushed, light wear, remains extremely fine.