Cross for the campaign on the peninsula

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The cross for the campaign on the peninsula was a Portuguese award.

She was by King John VI. donated. Foundation day was July 28, 1816. The purpose was to honor the officers who took part in several campaigns. There were a total of six campaigns and participants would receive the Roman cross with six laurel branches in gold to be worn on the right side of the chest. In the middle, the number six was inserted as the number of campaigns. The award was enhanced by the addition of the Commander's Cross. For the number of individual participants, stars were attached to the cross and worn as a command cross in the buttonhole. If there were three or fewer, the honor was in silver and the inscription on the reverse “War on the Peninsula”.

The ribbon was blue and red like that of the commanders cross.

literature

  • Joseph von Niedermayr, About rewards in the state with an overview of the orders of merit, decorations and medals of the states of Europe and their statutes, EA Fleischmann, Munich 1836, p. 193
  • Heinrich August Pierer, Pierer's Universal Lexicon of the Past and Present or the latest encyclopedic dictionary of the sciences, arts and trades, Volume 13, Verlagbuchhandlung HA Pierer, Altenburg 1861, p. 380
  • The book of orders of knights and decorations: history, description and illustrations of the insignia of all orders of knights, Verlag Carl Muquardt, Brussels / Leipzig 1848, p. 216