ricky1972 Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 (edited) Hello all,Today when taking pictures of mine new Brazilian order NATIONAL MERIT ORDER I found some strange script.Can someone help me on this one? It?s the highest order given by Brazilian Government. Since 1946 only 200 people were awarded. I?m really happy to get this one....but all the experience I have with this order was in books, that do no mention this signs...Thanks in advance,Ricardo Edited May 12, 2007 by ricky1972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky1972 Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 zoom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Not, I think, script, just markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky1972 Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ricky1972 Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 Not, I think, script, just markings.Yes, but what they mean? Zodiacal signs maybe??Thanks,Ricardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Yes, but what they mean? Zodiacal signs maybe??Thanks,RicardoPossibly. Maybe just meaningless scribbles by the jeweler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky1972 Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 I?m sorry but I cannot belive that the highest Brazilian Order, inspired on the Imperial Order of the Rose have those meaningless scribbles. Ricardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky1972 Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 (edited) duplicated post Edited May 12, 2007 by ricky1972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFloyd Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 As the symbols appear on an armillary band on the globe, they probably were meant to represent the major constellations (zodiac), but the die cutter certainly added his own artistic license to the forms, as none match the modern representations of the signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David S Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 (edited) Good question !Here are Zodiac signsSome are close. Edited May 12, 2007 by David S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Yes "close" = "artisctic license" (or "artistic sloppiness"?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky1972 Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 Here?s another insignia of the order. Not mine.The same symbols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky1972 Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 I think that Zodiac signs representing the constellations is the correct answer.I tried to see some relevance on the date the order was created (september 1946) but...Thanks all for the replies!Ricardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky1972 Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 Here?s something I just found on the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megan Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 I'd say zodiac signs as well. The band around the globe represents the ecliptic, and on it - if you are in to western astrology - you can mark the succession of 'houses' through which the earth moves... No doubt the original idea, but later jewellers weren't astrologers so carved something more or less like the original design rather than getting it precisely right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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