Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order Of The Immaculate Conception Of Vila Vicosa, Grand Cross Breast Star, C.1880 Auction Archive with a partially severed lid

with a partially severed lid keepers

Heer officer’s dagger measuring 400 mm in length when inserted into the scabbard

the reverse bearing a depiction of a Zeppelin in mid-flight over hilly terrain

being the first to score a confirmed kill with a synchronized machine gun

Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order Of The Immaculate Conception Of Vila Vicosa, Grand Cross Breast Star, C.1880 Auction Archive with a partially severed lid(Ordem de Nossa Senhora da Conceio da Vila Viosa). Instituted in 1818 by King John VI. Of French manufacture, in silver gilt, a nine armed star with clusters of five rays, the obverse presents a superimposed nine arm white enamelled star with white enamelled stars in each quadrant, the obverse medallion features the cypher MA for Mary in Gold, surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed PADROEIRA DO REINO (Patroness of the Kingdom), surmounted by an