Brazil, Kingdom. An Imperial Order of the Southern Cross in Gold, Grand Cross Star, c.1860 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Kriegsmarine Oberfähnrich Schulterklappen)

(Kriegsmarine Oberfähnrich Schulterklappen)

one depicting SS-Obersturmbannführer August Dieckmann

obverse shows seven marching figures representing men and women in service

holed up in a stone house in the middle of the battlefield

Brazil, Kingdom. An Imperial Order of the Southern Cross in Gold, Grand Cross Star, c.1860 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Kriegsmarine Oberfähnrich Schulterklappen)(Ordem Imperial do Cruzeiro). Instituted December 1, 1822. Type I (1822 1891). In 18K Gold, a very rare Grand Cross Breast Star, consisting of a white enamelled Maltese cross with ball finials, smooth rays in each quadrant, the obverse medallion featuring a cross created by stars on a blue enamel field, encircled by a dark blue ring bearing the inscription BENEMERENTIUM PRAEMIUM, the 12 oclock arm is surmounted by an Imperial crown with internal green