Portugal, Republic. A Red Cross Persistence Cross, V Grade, Bronze Iii Class Newly Listed a Pipe Major of international

a Pipe Major of international renown

1936 and signed in black ink by the Commanding Admiral of the Navy Station in the Baltic Sea

circumscribed by an inscription of “MERITO CIVIL TEMPORE BELLO - MCMXV” (“CIVIL MERIT IN A TIME OF WAR - 1915”)

maker marked “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metal und Kunstoff of Gablonz”

upon transfer to the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Canada at Seaford on June 18

Portugal, Republic. A Red Cross Persistence Cross, V Grade, Bronze Iii Class Newly Listed a Pipe Major of international(Medalhas da Cruz Vermehla Portuguesa). Instituted in 1908. Three piece construction, in bronze, unmarked, measuring 38 mm (w) x 38. 3 mm (h), two colour embroidered Portuguese Red Cross insignia on its original ribbon, extremely fine.