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

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

an NSDAP diplomat in the occupied Netherlands and SS-Brigadeführer

consisting of a Cross Pattée with its quadrants joined by a laurel leaf wreath

12 Service Flying Training School in Brandon

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