Paraguay, Republic. A National Order of Merit, Second Class Grand Officer's Star, c.1960 visually-hidden 63 mm (w) x 87

63 mm (w) x 87

with the dual black ribbons at the rear having been lost to time

measuring 98 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)

First Class medal

suspended from a pinback hanger inscribed "MASSACHUSETTS")

Paraguay, Republic. A National Order of Merit, Second Class Grand Officer's Star, c.1960 visually-hidden 63 mm (w) x 87(Orden Nacional del Mrito). Instituted April 8, 1865. Reinstituted June 23, 1939 and amended September 7 1956. Type III (1956 ). In silver, featuring a five point star with large ball finials and a faceted border around the outside, five smooth rays in each quadrant, the obverse medallion presents a lion head with the inscription HONOR ET GLORIA PRAEMIVM MERITI in a surrounding ring, the reverse offers a single vertical pin flanked by dual stays,