Chile, Republic. An Order of Merit, Grand Cross Set, I Class, c.1950 Hold Sew on style shoulder boards

Sew on style shoulder boards of orange yellow felt with matte grey chords over top

where he was posted to the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Oceanside

the exterior with a handwritten name of “R

de Bellevue

on August 15th

Chile, Republic. An Order of Merit, Grand Cross Set, I Class, c.1950 Hold Sew on style shoulder boards(Orden del Mrito). Instituted September 4th, 1906. Type V. (C. 1950 issue). A cased Order of Merit Grand Cross set, consisting of: 1. A Grand Cross Breast Star (Type V), Constructed of silver gilt, consisting of a white enameled 5 pointed star with ball finals, with eight sun rays emanating from the center, and with a laurel wreath in the quadrants in between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central medallion with the Chilean coat of arms,