Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer Set, by Da Costa, c.1880 Newly Listed measuring 352 mm (w) x

measuring 352 mm (w) x 562 mm (h)

superimposed over a white enamel cross reading “AKP 10 14XI 1919”

1 cm thick felt

Colonel Fish founded the Order of Lafayette as a society to give recognition to all commissioned officers of the United States Armed Forces

Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer Set, by Da Costa, c.1880 Newly Listed measuring 352 mm (w) x(Ordem Militar de Avis). Instituted 1162. Type I (1789 1894). A lovely set, comprising an Officer cross in silver gilt and enamels, featuring a Maltese cross with ball finials and insignia inside each segment of wreath in the quadrants, the obverse medallion in Gold, featuring a green enamelled cross on a white enamelled field, the reverse mirrors the obverse, surmounted by a crown and worn from the original green ribbon with horizontal brooch,