Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, II Class Grand Officer Insignia Set, C.1945 GTRexclude Footnote: The original Order of

Footnote: The original Order of Knights Templar was created early in the 12th Century to ensure the security of the many pilgrims who travelled from Europe to Jerusalem after the first crusade of 1096

at the age of eighteen

An early clasp in silvered tombac

bronze Oak Leaf Cluster on its original ribbon with brooch pinback

Chile, Republic. An Order Of Merit, II Class Grand Officer Insignia Set, C.1945 GTRexclude Footnote: The original Order of(Orden del Mrito). Instituted in 1906. Type VI (1939 present). Badge: three piece construction, in bronze gilt with white enamels, unmarked, measuring 46. 8 mm (w) x 67. 3 mm (h) inclusive of its Andean condor suspension, loop suspension, chipping evident in the star point at 12 o'clock on both sides and on one additional star point on both sides, adhesive residue present on the white enamels on the star point at 3 o'clock due to repositioning of the