Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, II Class Grand Officer Star, C.1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac minor loss of lacquer on

minor loss of lacquer on the disc

A little over two months after his near death experience

disembarking in Boulogne

A lot of three commemorative medals

A lot of three volumes

Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, II Class Grand Officer Star, C.1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac minor loss of lacquer on(Orden del Mrito). Instituted in 1906. Type VI (1936 date). Insignia in bronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, mounted to a three piece base in bronze gilt with white enamels, unmarked, measuring 78. 3 mm (w) x 79. 3 mm (h), vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, chipping and or repair evident in the white enamels on four of the star points, while the fifth star point at 7 o'clock exhibits crazing, very fine. Footnote: The Order of Merit was