A National Order Of Merit Of Paraguay; Grand Cross Set Auction 13 mm x 37

13 mm x 37

arriving the next the day

At the end of World War II

some missing pins

Enlisting in the 53rd (Northern Saskatchewan) Battalion in December 1914

A National Order Of Merit Of Paraguay; Grand Cross Set Auction 13 mm x 37Grand Cross: bronze gilt with blue, white and green enamels, 60. 7 mm x 91. 5 mm inclusive of its wreath suspension; and Breast Star: bronze gilt, 92. 5 mm x 95. 7 mm, hook and horizontal pinback. Intact enamels on the Grand Cross, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The National Order of Merit was established by Marshal Francisco Solano Lpez (July 24, 1827 March 1, 1870) who succeed his father as president of Paraguay in 1862 and held the