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

13 mm x 37

as part of the Allied Intervention in Russia after the October Revolution of 1917

aluminum face plate affixed by four tabs

under the then Minister of Justice Eduardo Aunos

arriving the next the day

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