Maritime Museum - Belem / Lisboa (Portugal)

[Christophe]

Close-up.

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Close-up 2.

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[Christophe]

Order of St James of the Sword.

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Order of the Military Merit (Spain) + Portuguese medal.

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Sword and decorations belonging to Vice-Admiral Hermenegildo Capelo, explorer in Austral Africa (1877-1880 and 1884-1885).

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[Christophe]

Close-up pic.

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[Christophe]

As usual, I can post close-up pics of any order of medal if you wish so.

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Sword and decorations of Vice-Admiral Joao de Azevedo Coutinho (1865-1944).

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[Christophe]

Another view.

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[Christophe]

Other view.

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[Christophe]

Other view.

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Vice-Admiral Joao de Azevedo Coutinho (1865-1944).

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Sword and decorations belonging to Lieutnant Alfonso de Cerqueira, who commanded the expeditionary Marine Battalion in Angola, in the combats at Mongua in 1914-1915.

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[Christophe]

A royal vessel.

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[Stijn David]

Hello,

Thank you for sharing these wonderfull pictures. It is certainly very nice to see and i think that when i once visit Portugal that these muesums certainly will be a must !!!

I especially love the Hohenzollern pieces as can be seen, really stunning beauty's and for certain directly related toward sthe relation between Portugal and the Hohenzollern (princly) dynasty !!

Thank you for sharing,

[Eric Schena]

Hi Christophe:

Thank you very much for these great photos! I have always had a soft spot for Portuguese orders. The decoration that got me into phaleristics was in fact a collar to the Order of St. James of the Sword that I saw when I was in college. I eventually bought it and even got a grand cross sash, badge, and star to the order. While my interests are still mostly in Eastern Bloc material, there's just something about Portuguese decorations that captivates me.

Cheers,

Eric

[Christophe]

Thanks Stijn and Eric,

These quickly done pics don't do justice to these orders that are real wonders !!!!

Cheers.

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[Carol I]

I have some close-ups of the orders in this museum. Here is a Royal Victorian Order from Great Britain.

I could continue if you think I will not bore you.

[Carol I]

Order of Crown of Italy

[Carol I]

Order of the Empire (Portugal)

[Carol I]

Order of the Tower and the Sword (Portugal)

[Carol I]

Royal Order of the Crown of Hawaii

[Christophe]

Carol,

These are excellent pics . How did you take them? Did you manage the box to be opened ?

Bravo.

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[Carol I]

These are excellent pics .

Thank you for the kind words, Christophe.

How did you take them? Did you manage the box to be opened ?

Nothing of the sort. I just put my camera on the top glass of the display box and let it do the rest (I was afraid that his would set off some alarm, but fortunately I had a small camera). It happened of course that I had to try several times to get a good picture, but generally it went OK. I have several other pictures taken there, but I did not know if people were interested in them or not.

[Christophe]

Bravo!! It is so difficult to take such close photos without any reflection of the flash...

If you have more to post, please do!!!!

This Museum is very nice, with so many lovely pieces!!!

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