Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer in Gold, c.1835 United Republic of 40 mm x 74

40 mm x 74

crisscross patterned leather piece applied to the reverse (presumed to keep the wing from sliding on the uniform)

with each strap retaining a functional buckle consisting of a magnetic metal prong within an oval oak leaf wreath

measures 71 mm (w) x 57

Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer in Gold, c.1835 United Republic of 40 mm x 74(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),