Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, Type Ill, Iii Class Medal Auction Archive 11 mm x 133 mm

11 mm x 133 mm

arriving the next day in France and posted to the Canadian Army CE with 1st Field Ambulance

presenting a single folding crease and stapled at the top left corner

with a nickel-silver wreath with laurel leaves towards the left side

1895 in Hensford

Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, Type Ill, Iii Class Medal Auction Archive 11 mm x 133 mm(Orden al Mrito). Instituted September 4, 1906. A silver five point star with large ball finials, and a silver wreath in each quadrant, the obverse medallion presents a right facing female portrait surrounded by the inscription REPUBLICA DE CHILE, the reverse medallion presents a single laurel branch surrounded by the inscription AL MERITO, surmounted by a Chilean Condor with open wings (measuring 45. 60mm in width), badge measures 41. 50mm (w) x 55.