Venezuela, Republic. An Order Of The Liberator, Iii Class Star, C.1950 Hold 38 mm x 85 mm

38 mm x 85 mm

measuring 205 mm (w) x 118 mm (h) when folded on a flat surface

marked RZM 36/38

set within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of “FRONT HEIL” and oak leaf branches

the reverse with a handwritten graphite pencil autograph

Venezuela, Republic. An Order Of The Liberator, Iii Class Star, C.1950 Hold 38 mm x 85 mm(Orden del Libertador). Instituted in 1854 as a Medal of Distinction and promoted in 1884 as an Order of Merit. Type II (1922 2010). Likely national manufacture, a time period III Class breast star, consisting of a finely eight pointed rayed star in silver, the arms exhibiting clusters of multiple smooth, pebble rays, with obverse featuring an engraved highly detailed Venezuelan coat of arms on a polished silver background, surrounded by a hand chased