170 Portugal: Order ofvthe Tower and Sword.

 Embroidered breast star to the Grand Cross made of silver lantern and sequins. The center in colored silk embroidery. The tower of the upper arm of the cross embroidered from gilded metal threads. Back cover paper completely preserved.

Very rare breast star from the period of the Napoleonic Wars and especially considering the age in very good condition.

In Portugal it became customary to wear metal breast stars already during the Napoleonic Wars, especially with this order. Thus very few embroidered examples have survived.

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