Royal Order of Aviz
Breast Star of slighly reduced size, 62 mm, with excellently chiseled and pierced rays, white enameled centre medallion bearing the Order’s cross in Gold with chiseled details and green enamel, broad, golden outer circlet, richly embossed with a pattern of stylized flowers and foliage, red enameled sacred heart in gold with green enameled detail, the reverse, fitted with vertical pin. A beautiful, unusual star, from the mid-19th Century, excellent manufacture and condition. I R!