Portugal, Republic. A Red Cross Persistence Cross, V Grade, Bronze Iii Class Newly Listed maker marked “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metal und

maker marked “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metal und Kunstoff of Gablonz”

circumscribed by an inscription of “MERITO CIVIL TEMPORE BELLO - MCMXV” (“CIVIL MERIT IN A TIME OF WAR - 1915”)

as well as the exterior metal hinge

1936 and signed in black ink by the Commanding Admiral of the Navy Station in the Baltic Sea

Portugal, Republic. A Red Cross Persistence Cross, V Grade, Bronze Iii Class Newly Listed maker marked “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metal und(Medalhas da Cruz Vermehla Portuguesa). Instituted in 1908. Three piece construction, in bronze, unmarked, measuring 38 mm (w) x 38. 3 mm (h), two colour embroidered Portuguese Red Cross insignia on its original ribbon, extremely fine.