Brazil, Kingdom. A National Order Of The Southern Cross; Grand Cross Set certificate_of_authenticity Ontario in 1958

Ontario in 1958

By the end of 1940 he was posted to a Luftwaffe Construction Battalion

and "74" the steel batch number) on the underside of the helmet at the front

Now enlisted with the Royal Flying Corps in Canada

Brazil, Kingdom. A National Order Of The Southern Cross; Grand Cross Set certificate_of_authenticity Ontario in 1958Type III: Grand Cross (silver gilt with red, green, light blue, dark blue and white enamels, 72 mm x 101 mm inclusive of its wreath suspension, scattered chipping in the red and green enamels on the wreath on the obverse); and Breast Star (silver gilt with light blue, dark blue and white enamels, maker marked "la royale RIO BRASIL" on the reverse, 74 mm x 77. 5 mm, vertical pinback, chipping evident in the white enamels on the star points). Very fine.