sábado, 18 de dezembro de 2010

PORTUGUESE YOUTH ORGANIZATION - MERIT - GOLD DEGREE

The Portuguese Youth (Inglês: Portuguese Youth) was a Portuguese youth organization under the right-wing regime of the Estado Novo. Membership was compulsory Between the ages of 7 and 14, and voluntary Until The age of 25.
Founded in 1936, It Was Originally inspired upon the model of the Italian Fascist Opera Nazionale Balilla and the Nazi Hitler Youth. However, in 1940 the National Secretary Germanophile Francisco Nobre Guedes was Replaced by the Anglophile Marcelo Caetano, who Gave the organization own a different orientation, withdrawing from the Hitler Youth and paramilitary Abandoning ITS feature, approaching to the Catholic Church and Other Organizations to the youth Scout Movement. It was dissolved in 1974, after the Carnation Revolution, at That Time Being Considered as a "Fascist" organization.



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PORTUGUESE LEGION MEDAL - COPPER - DEDICATION

The Portuguese Legion  (Legião Portuguesa) was a portuguese paramilitary state organization founded in 1936 during dictator António de Oliveira Salazar's right-wing regime, the Estado Novo. It was dissolved in 1974.
Its stated objectives were to "defend the spiritual heritage [of Portugal]" and to "fight the communist threat and anarchism". During World War II, the Portuguese Legion was the only Portuguese state organization that openly adopted and defended Hitler’s aims for Europe
The Portuguese Legion was under the control of the Ministry of the Interior and War, and was responsible for coordinating  civil defense in Portuguese territory, including in the Portuguese empire. It was deeply involved in multiple collaborations with PIDE , the political police that was the authoritarian regime's main tool of repression.

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PORTUGUESE WAR CROSS MEDAL - 1946 MODEL

The War Cross was established by Decree No. 2870 of November 30, 1916, to reward their bravery and acts committed in the campaign. The award received notoriety during World War I and during the Portuguese Colonial War. It is divided into 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade, in descending order of importance.The War Cross, slightly inspired by the French Croix de Guerre (mainly in the colors of ribbon suspension), had, throughout its history, three different types or models, respectively legislated in 1916, 1946 and 1971.


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PORTUGUESE MILITAR VALUE MEDAL

The Medal of Military Valor is a military medal Portuguese established on October 2, 1863, by decree of the Secretary of State for War, initially with two degrees (gold and silver) and today with three grades (gold, silver and copper), "intended to reward extraordinary heroic acts of selflessness and bravery or of great moral courage and exceptional decision-making capacity, whether campaigning or in time of peace, but always in circumstances where there is proven or probable risk to life " (Decree-Law No. 316/2002 of 27 December).
Soon after the Tower and Sword, the Medal of Military Valour is the second in order of precedence of the Portuguese military decorations.



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