Description
Photograph: Three of Jagdgeschwader 27's top aces
His ribbon bar shows a 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class and a Hindenburg Cross with Swords
107 mm x 163 mm
in die stamped silvered and gilded brass
the collar itself is fur-lined
Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, Officer's Cross, C.1950 certificate_of_authenticity Photograph: Three of Jagdgeschwader 27's(Orden al Mrito). Instituted 1906. Type IV, 1929 present issue. Of French manufacture, consisting of a traditional Chilean five armed star in silver with blue enamels, featuring a silver gilded laurel wreath between the arms, obverse centre exhibiting a female bust surrounded by the inscription REPUBLICA DE CHILE (Chilean Republic), reverse centre depicting an engraved laurel branch surrounded by the inscription AL MERITO (To Merit) in silver gilt,