Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, Officer's Cross, C.1950 Archive On the front are four

On the front are four small outside facing plain black bakelite buttons at the opening

Illustrated on page 185 of Angolia’s book

the exterior free of interruptions in the cloth fabric

was explicitly denied to heretics

thick brass

Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, Officer's Cross, C.1950 Archive On the front are four(Orden al Mrito). Instituted 1906. Type IV, 1929 present issue. Of French manufacture, consisting of a traditional Chilean five armed star in silver with blue enamels, featuring a silver gilded laurel wreath between the arms, obverse centre exhibiting a female bust surrounded by the inscription REPUBLICA DE CHILE (Chilean Republic), reverse centre depicting an engraved laurel branch surrounded by the inscription AL MERITO (To Merit) in silver gilt,