Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Argentina, Republic, Order of Merit, 1st type, Civil Division, First Class set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 77mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked; Star, 78mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, with reverse retaining pin and lower support hook, red enamel damage to motto around central medallion, with full sash riband and lapel rosette, in Ricciardi, Buenos Aires, embossed case of issue, gilding almost all tarnished, otherwise very fine (2) £240-£280