Portugal, Kingdom. An Order Of Industrial Merit, Grand Cross GTRexclude he was commissioned as a

he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant (139809) in the Royal Garrison Artillery on September 1

the son of William Frederick and Ann Elizabeth Bateman

maker marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) insignia

the recipient worked as a locksmith for 25 years

Portugal, Kingdom. An Order Of Industrial Merit, Grand Cross GTRexclude he was commissioned as a(Ordem do Merito Agricola e Industrial). Instituted June 4, 1893. Type II (1926 ). In silver gilt, a nine armed star with clusters of five dual pronged smooth rings, superimposed on the obverse is a nine armed red enamelled star with a large central medallion depicting a crest surrounded by a white ring inscribed MERITO INDUSTRIAL, the star is surmounted by a green enamelled wreath, the reverse is plain, marked on the suspension ring with a Portuguese