A Second War Army "Blood Of Brazil" Medal 1945 Newly Listed East Medal

East Medal

reverse with cloth covering

marked "3" above left foot of lion

Seventh Flotilla

arriving in France on the 21st and continued his war service on the continent

A Second War Army "Blood Of Brazil" Medal 1945 Newly Listed East MedalA Second War Army "Blood of Brazil" Medal 1945 Bronze oval medal, 35x51mm; this rare medal was instituted on 5 July 1945 for Brazilian troops and civilians who served in War operations and who were injured through actions against the enemy. The three stars on the obverse are symbolic of the three wounds received by Brigadier Sampaio at the battle of Tuiuti in 1866, against Paraguay. Across the obverse is a scroll inscribed "Sangue Do Brasil" (Blood of