Portugal, Republic, A Military Order Of Saint James Of The Sword, Grand Officer, By Frederico Costa, C.1930 Auction Archive a 53rd Infantry Battalion Brooch

a 53rd Infantry Battalion Brooch Pin (silver

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Portugal, Republic, A Military Order Of Saint James Of The Sword, Grand Officer, By Frederico Costa, C.1930 Auction Archive a 53rd Infantry Battalion Brooch(Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada). Instituted 1175. Type III. 1918 Present. A multiple ray twenty two pointed star in silver gilt, obverse centre featuring a red enameled florid cross on a white enameled field, circumscribed by a red enameled border inscribed SCIENCIAS, LETRAS E ARTES (Science, Literature, and Arts), encompassed by a gilt laurel wreath, reverse with central pin assembly, with makers cartouche of FREDERICO COSTA, the principal