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 disembarking in Boulogne

disembarking in Boulogne

while the lower pockets on either side are larger and deeper and are without pleats

A pair of Second War period Wound Badges

minor loss of lacquer on the disc

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 disembarking in Boulogne(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