Brazil, Republic. An Order of Rio Branco, Grand Cross, by H. Stern certificate_of_authenticity weighing 168 grams and consists

weighing 168 grams and consists of twenty-seven 16 mm x 21 mm bronze gilt and white enamelled Dannebrog crosses

40 mm (h) x 25

marked silver on pin

measuring 75mm (w) x 105mm (h - from medal bar to the base of the South Africa Medal)

Brazil, Republic. An Order of Rio Branco, Grand Cross, by H. Stern certificate_of_authenticity weighing 168 grams and consists(Ordem do Rio Blanco). Instituted February 14, 1962. A Brazilian Order of Rio Branco; Grand Cross Set. The Cross presents in silver gilt with white and blue enamels, with a gold gilded center medallion with the inscription VBIQVE PATRIAE MEMOR, the reverse medallion dated 1845 1912, measures 62. 1 mm (w) x 74. 7 mm (h), weighs 63. 09 grams, suspended from a an elongated loop and worn on a full length blue and white silk sash, enamels intact, light