Paraguay, Republic. A National Order of Merit, Second Class Grand Officer's Star, c.1960 Hold Footnote: Hubert Gautret de la

Footnote: Hubert Gautret de la Moricière was a lieutenant in the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment in Indochina

die stamped hollow version

It has an estimated 15

two intact lugs on the reverse

The wrap is close by an array of eight black bakelite buttons on the right breast flap meeting a corresponding array of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap

Paraguay, Republic. A National Order of Merit, Second Class Grand Officer's Star, c.1960 Hold Footnote: Hubert Gautret de la(Orden Nacional del Mrito). Instituted April 8, 1865. Reinstituted June 23, 1939 and amended September 7 1956. Type III (1956 ). In silver, featuring a five point star with large ball finials and a faceted border around the outside, five smooth rays in each quadrant, the obverse medallion presents a lion head with the inscription HONOR ET GLORIA PRAEMIVM MERITI in a surrounding ring, the reverse offers a single vertical pin flanked by dual stays,