Argentina, Republic. An Order Of May, Civil Merit, Grand Cross, C.1960 Auction dated September 19

dated September 19

The cardboard visor core demonstrates some bending

measuring 21 mm

consisting of 295 pages and bound in a card stock binding

featuring a handwritten signature of Korvettenkapitän Ernst-Felix Krüder (Knight’s Cross [1940] with Oak Leaves [1941])

Argentina, Republic. An Order Of May, Civil Merit, Grand Cross, C.1960 Auction dated September 19(Orden de Mayo). Instituted in 1946. Type II (1957 1973 Issue). Civil Division. A very scarce set of the Grand Cross constructed of silver gilt, with Sash Badge consisting of a multirayed 8 pointed star, with obverse depicting an enameled white 13 pointed sun of May, bearing a period engraved female bust facing left, encircled by an enameled red ring with the inscription AL MERITO (To Merit), reverse with mirrored design but displaying a partially