Brazil, Federative Republic. A National Order Of The Southern Cross, V Class Knight, C.1945 GTRexclude Vietnam - Bronze gilt with

Vietnam -  Bronze gilt with a silver star affixed to the centre on the obverse

Accompanied by a large Studio Portrait of the Private Schofield in his 234th Infantry Battalion Uniform: colourized black and white

one piece of the box missing)

exhibits nice dark patina

Brazil, Federative Republic. A National Order Of The Southern Cross, V Class Knight, C.1945 GTRexclude Vietnam - Bronze gilt with(Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul, Cavaleiro da Classe V). Instituted in 1822, re established in 1932. Type III (1932 on). In silver gilt with white, red, light green, dark green, light blue and dark blue enamels, measuring 41 mm (w) x 41 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, tiny chip evident in the white enamels and bent ball finial on the upper tip of the arm at 2 o'clock on the obverse, lightly soiled original ribbon with pinback, near