Order of Columbus Ordem do Colombo | |
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Awarded by the Government of Brazil | |
Type | National order |
Status | Abolished as a state order in 1891 |
Grades | Grand Cross (Grã-cruz) Grand Officer (Dignitário) Officer (Oficial) Knight (Cavaleiro) |
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The Order of Columbus (Brazilian Portuguese: Ordem de Colombo) was a short-lived Brazilian order of merit.[1] It was instituted on 6 June 1890, just two months after the abolition of all Imperial Brazilian Orders.
The first constitution of the Brazilian republic abolished the order of Columbus on 24 February 1891.[citation needed]
The Order consisted of: