Peru. An Order Of The Cross For Military Merit, Grand Officer's Star Republic of from the bronze and iron

from the bronze and iron swords of the years before Christ

twenty-nine with a pinback

1917 and diagnosed with "V

the exterior bearing a central raised depiction of a Fallschirmjäger Badge

Squalus was towed into Portsmouth on September 13th

Peru. An Order Of The Cross For Military Merit, Grand Officer's Star Republic of from the bronze and iron(Cruz Peruana al Mrito Militar). Instituted in 1949. In silver gilt and enamel, red enameled cross, five points in each quadrant, the obverse centerpiece featuring a relief portrait of Colonel Francisco Bolognesi, circumscribed by the inscription CRUZ PERUANA AL MERITO MILITAR, as well by a green enameled wreath, the reverse inscription reads COLONEL FRANCISCO BOLOGNESI, pin assembly, 78. 9 mm, enamels intact, light gilt wear, extremely fine.