A National Order Of Merit Of Paraguay; Grand Cross Set Auction aluminum face plate affixed by

aluminum face plate affixed by four tabs

some missing pins

marked S on pin

as part of the Allied Intervention in Russia after the October Revolution of 1917

and that his true name was Benjamin Hill

A National Order Of Merit Of Paraguay; Grand Cross Set Auction aluminum face plate affixed byGrand Cross: bronze gilt with blue, white and green enamels, 60. 7 mm x 91. 5 mm inclusive of its wreath suspension; and Breast Star: bronze gilt, 92. 5 mm x 95. 7 mm, hook and horizontal pinback. Intact enamels on the Grand Cross, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The National Order of Merit was established by Marshal Francisco Solano Lpez (July 24, 1827 March 1, 1870) who succeed his father as president of Paraguay in 1862 and held the