Portugal, Republic. An Order Of Agricultural And Industrial Merit, Grand Officer, By Frederico Da Costa, C.1930 certificate_of_authenticity 1944 and is signed in

1944 and is signed in black ink by a Major

A 63rd Halifax Rifles Victorian Helmet Plate - Patinated bronze

The cap is flanked on each side by three ventilation holes reinforced with magnetic metal eyelets (one missing)

circles or varying sizes and within each large circle are clear Ottoman influenced small brass circles with each again inlayed

plus gray cloth sewn-in insert on inside front cover

Portugal, Republic. An Order Of Agricultural And Industrial Merit, Grand Officer, By Frederico Da Costa, C.1930 certificate_of_authenticity 1944 and is signed in(Ordem do Merito Agricola e Industrial). Instituted in 1893 by King Charles I. Type II Industrial Merit. (1926 ). A Grand Officer Set, comprising the neck badge in silver gilt, featuring a nine point star with clusters of five dual pronged smooth rays, a red enamel five point star sits atop the rays, the central medallion features a red enamel nine point star with crest in the center surrounded by a white ring inscribed MERITO INDUSTRIAL, the reverse