Portugal, Republic. An Order Of Prince Henry The Navigator, Bronze Grade Merit Medal, C.1965 Auction Archive with light enamel wear and

with light enamel wear and minor loss to laurels

87 mm (w) x 33

with minor chipping

SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (6349 PTE

Portugal, Republic. An Order Of Prince Henry The Navigator, Bronze Grade Merit Medal, C.1965 Auction Archive with light enamel wear and(Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique). Instituted in 1960. In bronze with a copper gilt, measuring 42 mm in diameter, contact marks, original ribbon is transposed and sewn in place, very fine. Footnote: The Order of Prince Henry is a Portuguese order of knighthood created on June 2, 1960, to commemorate the quincentenary of the death of the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator, one of the main initiators of the Age of Discovery. Minor reforms of the