Ecuador, Republic. A National Order Of Merit, Iii Class Commander, C.1940 Auction Archive 49 mm x 65

49 mm x 65

with the former attending Munich Technical College and the latter building aircraft at Bayerische Flugzeugwerke

Armando Alvarez Azcue / Head of the Department of Transfers)

with metal backing plate

obverse centre in Gold with stylized royal cypher A

Ecuador, Republic. A National Order Of Merit, Iii Class Commander, C.1940 Auction Archive 49 mm x 65(Orden Nacional al Mrito). Instituted 1921. Type II. 1937 present issue. A silver gilt twelve armed star with red enamels, displaying interlaced silver gilded laurel wreath between the arms in blue enamels, obverse centre in silver gilt depicting coat of arms of Ecuador with the inscription REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR AL MERITO (Republic of Ecuador, For Merit), plain reverse, suspended by an unusual flat laurel wreath in silver gilt, measuring 43. 81 mm (w)