Brazil, Federative Republic. An Order of the Southern Cross, Grand Cross Set Auction running past barbed wire and

running past barbed wire and attacking three snakes at the far right

Likely local manufacture

1958 in Munich

naming his next-of-kin as his grandfather

and I was appointed in his place

Brazil, Federative Republic. An Order of the Southern Cross, Grand Cross Set Auction running past barbed wire and(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