Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer Set, by Da Costa, c.1880 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A Miniature Queen's South Africa

A Miniature Queen's South Africa Medal

but it looks like Gerlach was deemed unworthy for service (wehrunwürdig) on June 12

bearing four rows of brown threaded piping interspersed with silver aluminum wire

at the age of 19 years and 11 months

of Berlin” on the vertical banjo style pin with a block hinge and a rounded wire catch

Portugal, Kingdom. A Military Order of Aviz, Officer Set, by Da Costa, c.1880 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A Miniature Queen's South Africa(Ordem Militar de Avis). Instituted 1162. Type I (1789 1894). A lovely set, comprising an Officer cross in silver gilt and enamels, featuring a Maltese cross with ball finials and insignia inside each segment of wreath in the quadrants, the obverse medallion in Gold, featuring a green enamelled cross on a white enamelled field, the reverse mirrors the obverse, surmounted by a crown and worn from the original green ribbon with horizontal brooch,