Vatican, Papal State. An Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Grand Officer, c. 1955 Province of China son of the Visconde do

son of the Visconde do Rio-Branco (1819-1880) who had been Prime Minister of Brazil from 1871 to 1875

in the reign of Peter I (1357-1367) having long ago ended the reconquest

Footnote: With a total of 26 of this Cross for Loyal Service First Class awarded

A Spanish War Cross Awarded to don Manuel Gallego - Star in silver

incorporates two first-hand accounts: one by a ferry pilot and the other by a member of the Army Air Force Security Expedition which spent nearly nine isolated months at an army weather and rescue station on the icecap

Vatican, Papal State. An Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Grand Officer, c. 1955 Province of China son of the Visconde do(Ordine equestre del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme). Instituted circa 1099. Type II. (1950 issue). A cased Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Type II, Grand Officer set consisting of: 1. A breast star, consisting of an eight pointed silver star with multiple quills between the arms of the star, the obverse centerpiece bears the Jerusalem Cross in red enamels on a white circular background, surrounded by a green enameled laurel wreath