Brazil, Kingdom. A National Order Of The Southern Cross; Grand Cross Set Hold 1884-6 obverse

1884-6 obverse

white cotton threads on buckram-like base (also cotton)

topped by a silvered mum above

Footnote: There is no Attestation Paper on record for Bruford

Brazil, Kingdom. A National Order Of The Southern Cross; Grand Cross Set Hold 1884-6 obverseType 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.