Brazil, Republic. A National Order of the Southern Cross, Grand Cross Breast Star, c.1960 Auction it is the highest civilian

it is the highest civilian award Mongolia can present to a foreign citizen

304th Engineers

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each constructed of red wool with a buckram core and bearing a gilded bronze NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika

Instituted September 30th

Brazil, Republic. A National Order of the Southern Cross, Grand Cross Breast Star, c.1960 Auction it is the highest civilianInstituted December 1 1822. IN silver, featuring a white enamelled five point star with ball finials and smooth rays in each quadrant, obverse medallion in blue and light blue enamel with white enamel stars, encircled by the inscription BENEMERENTIUM PRAEMIUM, reverse features a vertical pin suspension with the central mark la royale RIO BRAZIL, measures 74. 1 mm (w) x 73 mm (h), enamels intact, dark patina on rays, very fine condition.