Ecuador, Republic. A National Order Of Merit, I Class Grand Cross Star, C.1955 Auction and vehicle placards

and vehicle placards

the obverse bearing a raised and crowned monogram of Prince Georg Victor

WWI 82nd Calgary Battalion Sweetheart Pin - Sterling silver and enamels

and is commemorated on page 298 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance

Ecuador, Republic. A National Order Of Merit, I Class Grand Cross Star, C.1955 Auction and vehicle placards(Orden al Mrito Nacional). Instituted in 1921. Type II (1937 on). Insignia in silver with red, white, light blue, light green and dark green enamels, mounted to a silver cross and wreath base, the four arms of the cross scalloped, with ball finials on all eight points, the cross backed by a wreath bearing laurel leaves, unmarked, measuring 67. 5 mm (w) x 72. 7 mm (h), vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: