A National Order Of Merit Of Paraguay; Grand Cross Set Auction Enlisting in the 53rd (Northern

Enlisting in the 53rd (Northern Saskatchewan) Battalion in December 1914

aluminum face plate affixed by four tabs

and that his true name was Benjamin Hill

13 mm x 37

A National Order Of Merit Of Paraguay; Grand Cross Set Auction Enlisting in the 53rd (NorthernGrand Cross: bronze gilt with blue, white and green enamels, 60. 7 mm x 91. 5 mm inclusive of its wreath suspension; and Breast Star: bronze gilt, 92. 5 mm x 95. 7 mm, hook and horizontal pinback. Intact enamels on the Grand Cross, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The National Order of Merit was established by Marshal Francisco Solano Lpez (July 24, 1827 March 1, 1870) who succeed his father as president of Paraguay in 1862 and held the