Portugal, Republic. An Order of Merit, Grand Officer Set, by Hedler Cunha, in Case Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic as Secretary

as Secretary

measuring 107 mm (w) x 45 mm (h)

Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland

do by these Presents Constitute and Appoint you to be an Officer in Our Royal Canadian Air Force of Our Dominion of Canada from the Eighteenth day of February 1944

A well-preserved 1942 edition of Die Kunst im Deutschen Reich (Art in the German Empire)

Portugal, Republic. An Order of Merit, Grand Officer Set, by Hedler Cunha, in Case Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic as Secretary(Ordem do Mrito). Instituted in 1927. A Commander badge, a Maltese cross in silver gilt with blue and white enamels, medallion featuring the inscription BEM MERECER, the reverse features the crest of Portugal inscribed REPUBLICA PORTUGUESE, surmounted by wreath and worn on a replacement full length neck ribbon, measures 52. 1 mm (w) x 106 mm (h), enamels intact, scattered gilt wear, in near very fine condition. The Star of the Order, a Maltese cross