Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, Knight GTRexclude In the spring of 1940

In the spring of 1940 it was decided that civilians would receive the Military Order of William for heroic acts in the resistance

which was soon followed by the "Satire" by Persio and the "Iliade" (Iliad) by Homer

struck in solid Gold

the exterior bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey inscription of “SÜD (HOCHLAND)” in Fraktur script

consisting of a twenty-eight rayed cross in silver gilt

Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, Knight GTRexclude In the spring of 1940In silver with blue enamels, 41. 5 mm x 57. 5 mm inclusive of its eagle suspension, replacement ribbon, chipping evident in the blue enamels on three star points on the obverse and one star point on the reverse, better than very fine.