Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, Ii Class Knight C.1910 GTRexclude 35 mm x 77 mm

35 mm x 77 mm

The blades are single edged with decorative file work known as "jimping" on the unsharpened back edge of the blade

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

circa 1920-30 period production

with its mint and unused period-original ribbon

Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, Ii Class Knight C.1910 GTRexclude 35 mm x 77 mm(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