KDVR Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Hello collector friendsCould you give me a helping hand with that award:1. Exact description of that decoration2. Which version and how long awarded3. ValueMany thanksKDVR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolf Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Hi, 1- I believe it's called "Medalha da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa" (Portuguese Red Cross Medal). 2- I believe it's the "4º Grau" (4th Grade) Medal. The 4th Grade is called "Cruz Vermelha de dedicação" (Red Cross of dedication?) Despite the fact it has a "roseta" (the roset was apparently only used for the 1st and 2nd Grade; not sure if a 1st or 2nd Grade roset, as the only difference is the size, the roset being slightly larger on the 1st Grade Medal), I believe it's a 4th Grade Medal. My opinion is based on the fact the 1st Grade it's not really a Medal, but a Badge/Breast Star, called "Placa de Honra" (Plate of Honor), the 2nd Grade has a kind of 4 pointed circle (points at 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 10:30) behind the Medal (never saw one but it could be a 2 pieces Medal), and the suspension of the 3rd Grade Medal is different from the one in your Medal (not a circle but a laurel wreath instead). The 4th Grade Medal is awarded to people who become a for life member of the Society. There are 8 Grades of this award. I'm not sure about dates, but it seems the 1st Grade was created on May,7,1908 (sorry, not sure about this, as apparently it existed before, so a bit confused about dates). 3- Check the usual dealers of this kind of awards, such as Liverpool Medals in GB and Emedals in Canada. Dolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SasaYU Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 (edited) Beautifull award. Congratulations. Edited August 21, 2009 by SasaYU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danish Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 (edited) Hi all.. I'll just use this topic for my question, since Dolf has allready said some of it.. Does anybody know more about the 8 grades of the medal? What are the different grades awarded for? EDIT: I've found this: http://www.omsa.org/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2174 This is the 7th grade, so i suppose the 8th grade is also for donations and so on, like the 7th... Edited October 11, 2009 by Danish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peron Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Here is another variant for the ambulances on the WW I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peron Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Here the merit one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnoso Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Hello, you might be interested to know of book on the subject published by the Portuguese Phaleristics Academy, written by Paulo Estrela, which is a reference to anyone interested in this theme: http://www.faleristica.org/?page_id=2486 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jovanmara Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Hello Part of my Red Cross collection Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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