A Second War Army "Blood Of Brazil" Medal 1945 Newly Listed arriving in France on the

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

illustrating a lion resting its paw on a Number "12" shield

30 that night U-48 was motoring along the surface heading for the Straits when apparently Buch (her commanding officer) lost his navigational way

marked "3" above left foot of lion

A Second War Army "Blood Of Brazil" Medal 1945 Newly Listed arriving in France on theA 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