Brazil
Pedro I Order of the Southern Cross Grand Cross Breast Star ND (Instituted 1822) UNC, Barac-78, R&S-Br60. 65x52mm. 29.30gm. Type I. Gilt with blue and white enamel. A very rare decoration that must appear very near to how it did when it was first awarded. The first order of an independent Brazil, intended both to commemorate that independence and Pedro's own coronation.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/brazil/brazil-pedro-i-order-of-the-southern-cross-grand-cross-breast-star-nd-instituted-1822-unc-/a/3082-33391.s?type=CoinArchives3082
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 1500-2000 USD