Brazil, Federative Republic. A National Order Of The Southern Cross, Grand Cross, C.1950 Auction Archive measuring 74 mm (w) x

measuring 74 mm (w) x 34 mm (h)

80mm (w) x 85

and took iron in glory) was a wartime slogan that called German citizens to donate gold and jewelry to finance the war

surmounted by Portuguse royal crown also in silver gilt

remaining invisible to the eye

Brazil, Federative Republic. A National Order Of The Southern Cross, Grand Cross, C.1950 Auction Archive measuring 74 mm (w) x(Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul). Instituted in 1932. Type II. Multi piece construction, in silver gilt, a five point white enamel Maltese cross with large ball finials, a light green and dark green enamelled wreath of half oak and half laurel leaves between each quadrant, the obverse features a light blue enamelled field with five white stars, the exterior dark blue enamelled ring is inscribed BENEMERENTIUM PRAEMIUM, the reverse medallion features