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Prize Jogos Florais Hispano-Lusitanos, 1937
Estimate €70–100
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Constante Rossi (1872-1940)
Medal, Argentine Navy
Estimate €600–900
Description
Gold with an approximate assay of 750/000.
Commemorative of the 39th voyage of the Argentine Navy Training Frigate "Presidente Sarmiento", 1938.
Presented to "S. E. O. de Bettencourt".
Signed.
Illegible mark.
With its original case lined in silk and velvet.
(signs of wear, edge with a touchstone test mark)
H.: 3.5 cm
8 g
Notes
Manuel Ortins de Bettencourt (1892–1969) was an officer of the Portuguese Navy, having held the highest positions, among them that of Minister of the Navy between 1936 and 1944, that is to say throughout a great part of the Second World War.
Bettencourt attained the rank of Rear Admiral and, in his long and illustrious career, his achievement of having piloted the first non-stop flight to the Azores — where he was born — stands out.
He was honoured with the highest Portuguese orders, among them the Tower and Sword, Christ and Aviz; as well as foreign ones, having received the French Légion d'Honneur, the Order of the Crown of Italy, the Order of Leopold II of Belgium, the Order of Isabella the Catholic of Spain, and also the Legion of Merit of the United States of America.
Provenance
Heirs of Admiral Manuel Ortins de Bettencourt (1892–1969)
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