Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, Ii Class Knight C.1910 GTRexclude Footnote: The Order claims descent

Footnote: The Order claims descent from Godfrey de Bouillon and the knights who protected the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem at the time of the first Crusade

with a red wool winged propeller insignia and the number “1”) stitched onto the obverse

35 mm x 77 mm

1944 and signed in blue ink by a Major and Deputy Department Chief of the Main Department of the General Staff of the Army

Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, Ii Class Knight C.1910 GTRexclude Footnote: The Order claims descent(Orden al Mrito). Instituted 1906. Type I. 1906 1911 issue. An early example consisting of a ball tipped five pointed star in silvered bronze, featuring solid laurel wreath in each quadrant also in silvered bronze, the obverse centre in silver exhibiting a female head denoting the republic government, surrounded by the inscription REPUBLICA DE CHILE (Republic of Chile), the reverse centre also in silver depicting a laurel branch with the inscription