Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Christ, Knight in Gold, c.1900 Buy Now featuring tied enameled green wreath

featuring tied enameled green wreath of laurel and oak branches

75 mm (w) x 60

" His personal effects had been stored at his wife's aunt's place in Devonport

The top of the cross has a barrel hinge-style swivel suspension holding in place a hollow Gold suspension crown

The Garigliano was tenaciously defended by the Germans

Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Christ, Knight in Gold, c.1900 Buy Now featuring tied enameled green wreath(Ordem de Cristo). Instituted 1319. Type I (1789 1910). In 18K Gold, a white enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials, segments of a wreath in each quadrant, a small blue disk with five Gold castillies, the obverse medallion features a red and white enamelled cross, the reverse mirrors the obverse, surmounted by a gold crown with green and red enamel details, measures 39. 85mm (w) x 65. 0mm (h inclusive of crown), weighs 16. 9 grams, accompanied by a