Portuguese Second Standard (.833) Silver Parcel-Gilt Filigree Presentation Model of a Carrack, dated 1956, by Mario Martins da Rocha, fl. Gondomar, 1949-1972, the silver hull and deck fitted with realistic masts and rigging, with gilt filigree sails, pennants and "seas", the sails with enameled Portuguese crosses, presented on an ebonized wood base with silver plaque engraved with presentation to Major-General Willard K. Liebel (1901-1961), h. 13-1/2", l. 10-1/2". Kentucky native William K. Liebel enlisted in the army at the age of 15, and was thus a veteran with three battle stars and a wound stripe as infantryman when he attended West Point as a member of the class of 1924. He served as Chief of Staff and Assistant Commander of the 17th Airborne Division during World War II, and served as Provost Marshal of Austria during the Allied Occupation. He served as Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Lisbon from 1954 to 1956, during which time he was presented with this handsome piece. He retired with the rank of Major-General - to which he had been promoted during his tenure in Portugal - in 1957. He died on August 1, 1961 in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and is interred in the National Cemetery there.