Ecuador, Republic. A National Order Of Merit, Iii Class Commander, C.1940 Auction Archive Armando Alvarez Azcue / Head

Armando Alvarez Azcue / Head of the Department of Transfers)

obverse centre in Gold with stylized royal cypher A

R 4108 / 36”

49 mm x 65

the organization that ran the Winter Relief program

Ecuador, Republic. A National Order Of Merit, Iii Class Commander, C.1940 Auction Archive Armando Alvarez Azcue / Head(Orden Nacional al Mrito). Instituted 1921. Type II. 1937 present issue. A silver gilt twelve armed star with red enamels, displaying interlaced silver gilded laurel wreath between the arms in blue enamels, obverse centre in silver gilt depicting coat of arms of Ecuador with the inscription REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR AL MERITO (Republic of Ecuador, For Merit), plain reverse, suspended by an unusual flat laurel wreath in silver gilt, measuring 43. 81 mm (w)