A 1930 Dedication Plate From H.m.s. Curacoa Constansa Newly Listed contact and gilt wear evident

contact and gilt wear evident

privately engraved on the UNKM and officially engraved on the edge of the CFD

25 mm x 106 mm)

The pommel and crossguard are aluminum

1st Pattern - Die-stamped aluminum

A 1930 Dedication Plate From H.m.s. Curacoa Constansa Newly Listed contact and gilt wear evidentSilver, weighing 101 grams, centrepiece of the plate is a 1757 Portuguese 30 Tari coin, held tightly in place by a silver restraining ring, the coin illustrating the crowned arms of the Grand Master Emmanuel Pinto (1741 1773, 68th Grand Master) of the Knights of St. John of Malta and the of the Order itself in an ornate frame, surrounded by the inscription "F. EMMANVEL PINTO M. M. H. S. S. 1757" on the obverse, reverse illustrating St. John planting a