Brazil, Republic. An Order of the Rose, Reduced Size Knight, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He was killed in action

He was killed in action on 16 January 1943 near Lesnoye while serving with 5

the obverse bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire Luftwaffe eagle

obverse with the Ustasha insignia in the centre

Bronze Grade added in 1888: in bronze

Brazil, Republic. An Order of the Rose, Reduced Size Knight, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He was killed in action(Imperial Ordem da Rosa). Instituted on 17 October 1829. A lovely reduced size knight consisting of a white enamelled six armed cross with silver gilt framing and ball finials, with three pink enamelled roses on green laurels in each quadrant, obverse centre in Gold exhibiting the hand chiseled cypher of Pedro I in a blue enamelled surround with motto AMOR E FIDELIDADE (LOVE AND FIDELITY), reverse centre presenting the date 1 8 1820, and legend of