Portugal, Kingdom. A Silver Badge For The 400Th Anniversary Of Passage To India, 1898 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac unique sterling silver bow ribbon

unique sterling silver bow ribbon suspension

Wilhelm von Württemberg wears Prussian Pour le Merite as well as Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresa

Barker enlisted with the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

and is set just above an illegible maker’s mark

22 Casualty Clearing Station on November 1

Portugal, Kingdom. A Silver Badge For The 400Th Anniversary Of Passage To India, 1898 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac unique sterling silver bow ribbonA unique silver badge commemorating the 400th anniversary of the discovery of passage to India, consisting of a 500 reis silver coin minted in 1898 for the occasion, securely set within a silver ring, the reverse of the latter with a raised barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flattened catch, measuring 35. 30 mm in diameter, weighing 19. 3 grams, in extremely fine condition.