Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, II Class Grand Officer Star, C.1950 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the crown in six horizontal

the crown in six horizontal rows of angled silvered copper wire

with a manufacture date of “1938”

A large man’s finger size

XIX - A Desperate Encounter

measuring 71 mm (w) x 20 mm (h)

Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, II Class Grand Officer Star, C.1950 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the crown in six horizontal(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 81. 3 mm (w) x 80. 5 mm (h), vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, chipping and loss evident in the blue enamels on the centrepiece ring between "ORDEN" and "CHILE", along with chipping and or repair present in the white enamels on five star points,